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FTC, States Sue John Deere in Right to Repair Lawsuit

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On January 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Minnesota, and Illinois filed a lawsuit against Deere & Company (Deere). The complaint, which Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona have since joined, accuses Deere of creating...more

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FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

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On September 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorneys general filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against Amazon.com, Inc. under Section 5 of the FTC...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Sweeping Injunction Against Qualcomm and Reins In Expansive Interpretation of Sherman Act

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On August 11, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decisively reversed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or Commission) controversial district court win challenging Qualcomm’s licensing practices. In...more

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Ninth Circuit Reverses FTC Win in FTC v. Qualcomm, Finding No Antitrust Violations from Qualcomm’s Licensing of its...

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In a reversal that came as no surprise to many observers, on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

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Ninth Circuit Reverses Northern District of California Decision in FTC v. Qualcomm Inc., No. 19-16122

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On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, the Ninth Circuit reversed and vacated Judge Lucy Koh’s controversial, post-bench trial decision in FTC v. Qualcomm Inc., 411 F. Supp. 3d 658 (N.D. Cal. 2019), regarding whether Qualcomm violated...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm Ins. (9th Cir. 2020)

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Ninth Circuit Overturns District Court Judge Lucy Koh's Decision That Qualcomm's Licensing and Chip Sales Practices Are Antitrust Violations - The Federal Trade Commission has a history of taking positions and aggressively...more

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January 2019 IP Update - Restricting Keyword Advertising Can be Anticompetitive, holds the FTC

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The contact lens juggernaut 1-800-Contacts has long been aggressive about curbing competitors’ use of “1-800-Contacts” as an online search keyword. On November 17, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held that fourteen...more

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