FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Settlement With MPHJ Technology Investments
The FTC seeks comment on its proposed settlement with patent assertion entity (PAE) MPHJ Technology Investments. The settlement, announced last week, would prohibit MPHJ and the Farney Daniels law firm from sending out deceptive prelitigation demand letters to entities the…
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PAE claims have violated its patents. The FTC had been investigating MPHJ’s sending of more than 9,000 demand letters over its patent portfolio, which includes multiple patents on scanning documents for attachment to emails (see 1411060044). The FTC will accept comments on the proposed settlement through Dec. 8, the commission said Thursday in the Federal Register.