Bulletin
September 2006 Issue
Bulletin
FTC ISSUES GUIDELINES ON PRE-COMBINATION NOTIFICA-TION REVIEW
On 6 July 2006 the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) issued the Guidelines for Handling Pre-Combination Notification, which took effect immediately. The main points of the Guidelines are as follows: Definition of terms: A "horizontal combina-tion" is a business combination between en-terprises that are in a horizontal competitive relationship; a "vertical combination" is a combination between enterprises in an up-stream supplier/d ... MoreCOMPETITION
CORPORATION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS and INFRASTRUCTURE
- AGENCIES SHOULD COOPER-ATE WITH SUPPLIERS' RE-QUESTS FOR ARBITRATION
- CHANGE OF MEMBERS IN JOINT TENDER CONSORTIUMS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- COPYRIGHT CRISIS LOOMS FOR GENERIC DRUG INSERTS
- SIMULTANEOUS USE OF MUL-TIPLE FAMOUS MARKS NOT AUTOMATICALLY INFRINGING
- FIRST READING FOR COPY-RIGHT ACT AMENDMENTS ON P2P DOWNLOAD SERVICES
- INTERPRETATION ON COPY-RIGHT INTERMEDIARY LICENS-ING
- AMENDED EXAMINATION GUIDELINES FOR PATENT CANCELLATION ACTIONS AND EX-OFFICIO EXAMINATIONS
- PUBLIC HEARING ON PATENT ACT AMENDMENTS
- GUIDELINES FOR JOINT TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS ANNOUNCED