Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission told a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee today that patent policy stimulates innovation by providing an incentive to develop and commercialize inventions, but...

Phone Records Obtained by Deception Were Unlawfully Sold to Third Parties The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. district court to order a permanent halt to operations that deceptively obtained...

Session on February 13 to Focus on Business Testimony The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint...

Workshop Status Alert: The workshop will proceed as scheduled. However, if the federal government is closed, the workshop will be postponed. Similarly, if the government is delayed in opening, we will...

Commission receipt of application for proposed divestiture: – The Commission has received a petition for approval of proposed divestiture from Thermo Electron Corporation. Under the consent agreement...

A new scam is swindling consumers: counterfeit checks that seem legitimate to both bank employees and consumers, but that leave unsuspecting consumers footing the bill. The Federal Trade Commission is...

El Robo de Identidad Vuelve a Encabezar la Lista La Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) ha difundido hoy su informe anual –Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data– en...

Identity Theft Complaints Again Top the List The Federal Trade Commission today issued its annual report, “Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data” on fraud complaints consumers have filed...