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Good morning. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to our celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission. In our daily routine, the urgency to address the immediate crisis or...

Press Release

Federal Trade Commission 90th Anniversary Symposium, September 22-23, 2004

Date

September 22, 2004

Press Release

Administrative Law Judge Bars Misleading Claims for Ab Force Belt

Date

September 22, 2004

An administrative law judge has ordered the marketers of the “Ab Force” belt to stop making claims that the Ab Force causes or promotes weight, inches, or fat loss; causes or promotes well-defined...

Press Release

FTC Continues Education, Enforcement Efforts to Promote Information Security

Date

September 22, 2004

Electronic information systems provide substantial benefits to consumers, businesses, and government, but they are exposed to significant vulnerabilities, according to Federal Trade Commission...

Federal Register Notice

General Electric Company; Analysis to Aid Public Comment

Date

September 22, 2004

Sep22

Event

FTC 90th Anniversary Symposium

September 22, 2004 | 12:00AM - September 23, 2004 | 12:00AM

An institution with a long history should pause from time to time to take stock. This serves several important purposes. It helps the agency review where it has been, discern the general trajectory of...

Case Timeline Item

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation and ENH Medical Group, Inc. (timeline item) - September 22, 2004

Date

September 22, 2004

Order on Respondents' Motion to Compel Advocate Health Care to Produce Documents Requested by Subpoena Duces Tecum (77.75 KB)

Order on First Health's Motion for Extension of Time to Oppose Respondents Motion to Compel (55.53 KB)

Order on Complaint Counsel's Motions to Compel Respondents' Production of Documents From Electronic Files and for Leave to Take Discovery and Stay Consideration of Motion to Compel (386.25 KB)

Motion for Leave to File Respondents' Reply to Complaint Counsel's Opposition to Motion for Limited Extension of Discovery Deadline (134.15 KB)

Respondents' Opposition to Complaint Counsel's Motion for Leave to Take Discovery After Discovery Cut-Off Date and Stay Consideration of Motion to Compel (1.84 MB)

Case Timeline Item

Telebrands Corp., TV Savings LLC, and Ajit Khubani, In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 22, 2004

Date

September 22, 2004

Text of Initial Decision of Chief Administrative Law Judge Stephen J. McGuire (5.08 MB)

September 21, 2004

Case Timeline Item

Basic Research, In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 21, 2004

Date

September 21, 2004

Order Grating Complaint Counsel's Motion to Submit Reply to Respondents' Opposition to Pending Motion To Strike Respondents' Additional Defenses (43.48 KB)

Stipulated Request For Enlargement of Time (477.1 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation and ENH Medical Group, Inc. (timeline item) - September 21, 2004

Date

September 21, 2004

Order on Complaint Councel's Motion for Scheduling of Depositions Beyond Discovery Deadline (46.92 KB)

Order Granting Respondent's Motion to Quash (60.01 KB)

September 20, 2004

Case Timeline Item

Phillips, Edward H. v. AWH Corporation, Hopeman Brothers, Inc. and Lofton Corporation (timeline item) - September 20, 2004

Date

September 20, 2004

040928phillipsvawhcorporationsbrief.pdf (623.38 KB)

Amicus Briefs

Edward H. Phillips v. AWH Corporation

Date

September 20, 2004

Citation Number

03-1269, 1286

Amicus Brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission addressing the proper methodology for construing the claims of a patent. This brief was filed in response to an order of the Court of...

Edward H. Phillips v. AWH Corporation (623.38 KB)

September 17, 2004

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Statement of Commissioner Harbour In the Matter Concerning KFC Corporation

Date

September 17, 2004

Pamela Jones Harbour, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

042 3033

Docket Number

C-4118

Text of the Statement (17.35 KB)

Press Release

FTC to Celebrate 90th Anniversary with Two-Day Symposium

Date

September 17, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission will host a symposium on September 22 and 23, 2004, in honor of the agency’s 90th anniversary. The event will feature over 40 participants, including current FTC officials...

Press Release

Announced Actions for September 17, 2004

Date

September 17, 2004

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has voted to rescind its Tire Advertising and Labeling Guides (Tire Guides), finding that “[t]he vast majority of Tire Guide provisions...

Case Timeline Item

KFC Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 17, 2004

Date

September 17, 2004

Complaint (11.98 KB)

Exhibit A (169.55 KB)

Exhibit B (193.96 KB)

Decision and Order (15.67 KB)

Letter to Commenter S.M. Oliva of Citizens for Voluntary Trade (24.45 KB)

Letter to B. Sachau (24.46 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Harbour

Case Timeline Item

Gateway Learning Corp., In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 17, 2004

Date

September 17, 2004

Complaint (18.59 KB)

Exhibits A-C (581.39 KB)

Decision and Order (18.85 KB)

Letter to Commenter VISA U.S.A. Inc. (26.14 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Empagran, S.A., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F. Hoffmann-Laroche, Ltd., et al. (timeline item) - September 17, 2004

Date

September 17, 2004

Brief for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission As Amici Curiae in Support of Defendants-Appellees (32.55 KB)

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