Commission Actions for May 2006

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May 31, 2006

• Weyerhaeuser Company, Petitioner, v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Company, Inc., In the Supreme Court of the United States, On Petition For A Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  (Case No. 05-381)
  • Brief for the United States As Amicus Curiae, Joined by the Federal Trade Commission, Supporting Petitioner
  • News Release
    
    
• FTC Staff Comment Before the Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas (May 2006) (V060017)
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of  Johnson & Johnson; File No. 051 0050
  • News Release

May 30, 2006

• Federal Trade Commission, plaintiff, v. Internet Marketing Group, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation; OneSetPrice, Inc., a Florida Corporation; First Choice Terminal, Inc., a Louisiana Corporation; First Choice Terminal, Inc., an Arizona Corporation; B & C Ventures, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; RPM Marketing Group, Inc., a Florida Corporation;National Event Coordinators, Inc., a Florida Corporation; David G. Cutler; Cindy Gannon; Paul D. Bonnallie; Tisa Christiana Spraul; and Michael J. Hatch, defendants, In the United States District Court, For the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division; FTC File No: 042-3035 Civil Action No. 3-04 0568
  

May 25, 2006

• Federal Trade Commission. Plaintiff, v. Cashier Myricks Jr. d/b/a MP3DOWNLOADCITY.COM, Defendant., United States District Court Central District of California Western Division, Civil Action No. CV05-7013 CAS FMOx
  
  
• FTC v. Financial Resources Unlimited, Inc., Supreme Mailing Services, Inc., Mark E. Shelton, individually and as an officer of the corporate defendants, dba L. Lewis & Associates, A. Joseph & Associates, Defendants., (U S District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Eastern Division);Civ. No. 03-C-8864, File No. 032-3243
  

May 24,2006

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. 3R Bancorp; 3R E-Solutions, Inc., also d/b/a CR Bancorp, Euro Banca, 3R Companies, 3R Ventures, 3R Contact Centers, 3R Solutions, 3RE E-Solutions, R 3R E-Solutions, E3R E-Solutions, and E 3R Capital Solutions; 3E E-Solutions Corporation; National United Properties, LLC, also d/b/a AWFMEX Management Company; 3R Real Estate Corporation, also d/b/a Fairview, Inc.; E Three R Info Systems Pvt. Ltd;Ranbir Sahni, individually and as an officer or director of the corporate defendants; John Perton, individually and as an officer or director of the corporate defendants;Oliver Mckinney, individually and as an officer or director of the corporate defendants;Brian Murphy, individually and as an officer or director of the corporate defendants; and Kirt Charter, individually and as an officer or director of the corporate defendants; Defendants., In the United States District Court, For the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division; FTC File No. 042 3030, Civil Action No.: 04C 7177
  

May 23, 2006

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. DATACOM MARKETING INC., Ontario Corporation No. 1431798, an Ontario, Canada, corporation, d.b.a. Direct Data, Publication Distribution Centre, Telecom Marketing, and Thesrus Publishing, DATACOM DIRECT INC., Ontario Corporation No. 1417524, an Ontario, Canada, corporation, BERNARD FROMSTEIN, individually and as an owner, officer, or director of the corporate defendants, JUDY PROVENCHER, individually and as an owner, officer, or director of the corporate defendants, PAUL BARNARD, individually and as an owner, officer, or director of the corporate defendants, JUDY NEINSTEIN, individually and as an owner, officer, or director of the corporate defendants, and STANLEY FROMSTEIN, individually and as an owner, officer, or director of the corporate defendants, Defendants. (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division); Civil Action No.: 06 C 2574; FTC File No. 052 3079
  
  
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning the FTC Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases, Presented by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate (May 23, 2006)
  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release

May 22, 2006

• The Federal Trade Commission Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases: A Commission Report to Congress (Spring 2006)
  • Text of the Commission Report
  • Concurring Statement of Commissioner Leibowitz
  • News Release
    

May 17, 2006

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on the "Right to Repair Act,"
  Presented by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives (May 17, 2006)
  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release

May 16, 2006

• FTC, Plaintiff, V. Universal Premium Services, Inc., A California Corporation (Also Known As Premier Benefits Inc.); Consumer Reward Network , Inc., A California Corporation; Star Communications LLC, A California Limited Liability Company; Membership Services Direct, Inc., A Nevada Corporation (Also Known As Continuity Partners, Inc.); Connect2usa, Inc., A Nevada Corporation; Brian K. Macgregor; Harijinder Sidhu; Joseph F. Larosa, Jr.; Pranot Sangprasit; William Thomas Heichert; Michael Howard Cushing; Paul P. Tosi.; Manh D. Cao; Midwest Properties, Inc. and Christine Macgregor, Defendants. (United States District Court Central District of California ) Civil Action No.: CV06 0849; FTC Matter No.: 052 3153

May 11, 2006

• United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission) v. Kodak Imaging Network, Inc., formerly Ofoto, Inc., (United States District Court for the Northern District of California), Civ. Action No. C-06-3117, FTC File No. 042 3187
  
  
• United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission) v. ICE.COM, LLC, (United States District Court for the Northern District of New York), Civil No. 8:06-CV-580 (GLS/RFT), FTC File No. 052 3087
  
  
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on Social Security Numbers in Commerce: Reconciling Beneficial Uses With Threats to Privacy, Presented by Commissioner Jon Leibowitz Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives
  (May 11, 2006).
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of  Basic Research; File No. 002-3300, Docket No. 9318
  

May 10, 2006

• In the Matter of  Nations Title Agency, Inc., Nations Holding Company, and Christopher M. Likens; File No. 052 3117

May 9, 2006

• FTC v. National Vending Consultants, Inc., Success Vending Group, Inc., USA Candy Express, Inc.,et al.; FTC File No. X000039, Civ. Action No. CV-S-05-0160-RCJ-PAL
  

May 8, 2006

• United States of America, (for the Federal Trade Commission) Plaintiff, v. Srikanth Venkataraman, an individual doing business as Scorpio Systems, Ltd., Defendant; United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Civil Action No. 06-1928(MLC); FTC Matter No.: 052-3120

May 5, 2006

• Proposed Patent and Trademark Office Rules Governing Continuations
  FTC Comments Before the Patent and Trademark Office of the United States Department of Commerce: In the Matter of Changes to Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistrinct Claims, Docket No. 2-5-P-066 (May 2006)
  • News Release

May 4, 2006

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Seismic Entertainment Productions, Inc., SmartBot.net, Inc., and Sanford Wallace, Defendants., United States District Court, District of New Hampshire; FTC File No.: 042 3142
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Odysseus Marketing, Inc., and Walter Rines, Defendants. United States District Court, District of New Hampshire; Case No.: 1:05-cv-00330-SM; FTC File No. 042 3205

May 3, 2006

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Integrated Credit Solutions, Inc.; Flagship Capital Services Corp.; Lighthouse Credit Foundation, Inc.; Mary H. Melcer; and J. Steven McWhorter, Defendants, and Jeffrey E. Poorman; and Daniel M. Melgar, Sr., Relief Defendants; United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Tampa Division; Civil Action No.: 8:06 -CV-00806-SCB-TGW; FTC File No.: 032-3244
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Information Search, Inc. and David J. Kacala, individually and as an officer of Information Search, Inc., Defendants. United States District Court for the District of Maryland Northern Division, Civil Action No.: 1:06-CV-01099-AMD; FTC File No.: 062 3102
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Accusearch, Inc. d/b/a Abika.com, and Jay Patel, Defendants. United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, Civil Action No.: 06-CV-0105; FTC File No.: 052 3126
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. CEO GROUP, INC. d/b/a Check Em Out, and Scott Joseph, Defendants. United States District Court Southern District of Florida, Case No.: 06-60602; FTC File No.: 062 3100
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission Plaintiff, v. 77 Investigations, Inc., and Reginald Kimbro, Defendants. United States District Court Central District of California, Case No.: EDCV06-0439 VAP; FTC File No.: 062 3099
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Integrity Security & Investigation Services, Inc., Defendants. United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia, Civil Action No. 2:06-CV-241-RGD-JEB; FTC File No.: 062 31021

May 2, 2006

• Perspectives On Marketing, Self-Regulation, & Childhood Obesity: A Report on a Joint Workshop of the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services (April 2006)
  • Text of the Report
  • News Release

May 1, 2006

• The College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000: Fifth Annual Report to Congress by the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, and the Federal Trade Commission (May 2005)
  • Text of the Report
  • News Release