FTC's Ramirez to Speak on IP Antitrust Issues Thursday

FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez is set to speak Thursday on the agency’s recent work on IP antitrust issues, the Computer & Communications Industry Association said Monday. The FTC is in the midst of a multiyear study on the business practices of patent assertion entities and is updating its joint guidelines with the DOJ for enforcing antitrust policy on IP licensing (see 1608120045 and 1609280063). Ramirez will speak during a joint CCIA-American Antitrust Institute event at the National Press Club. The lunch event is to begin at 12:30 p.m., CCIA said.