Hearings

• The Evolving IP MarketPlace (December 5, 2008)
  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will begin a series of hearings to explore the evolving market for intellectual property (IP) on Friday, December 5, 2008.  The hearings will examine changes in intellectual property law, patent-related business models, and new learning regarding the operation of the IP marketplace since the FTC issued its October 2003 report, To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy (the FTC IP Report).   The discussion on December 5th will be divided among three panels: (1) an overview of developing business models; (2) recent and proposed changes in remedies law; (3) changes in legal doctrines that affect the value and licensing of patents. The event is free and open to the public. 
  
  
• FTC to Co-sponsor June 9 Conference on Patent Reform (2005)
  
  
• Town Meetings on Patent System Reform (2005)

Related documents:

• Competition Policy, Patent Law, and Innovation
  Remarks of Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras
  Welcoming Remarks: FTC Patent Reform Conference Washington, DC (June 9, 2005)
  
  
• A Summary Report of Discussions at Town Meetings on Patent Reform Prepared from Transcripts by Staff of the Federal Trade Commission (May 23, 2005)
  
  
• Transcripts may be reached through news release
  
  

• News Release: Ideas into Action: Implementing Reform of the Patent System (Berkeley, 2004)
  
  
• Workshop: Ideas into Action: Implementing Reform of the Patent System
  
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on the Implications of Competition and Patent Law and Policy (2002-2003)