{"613968":{"#nid":"613968","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alan Marco Presents at Federal Trade Commission Hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/alan-marco\u0022\u003EAlan Marco\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;spoke on October 24, 2018\u0026nbsp;at Federal Trade Commission hearings on \u0026ldquo;Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarco, the\u0026nbsp;former chief economist at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,\u0026nbsp;gave introductory comments on patent policy and was a\u0026nbsp;panelist\u0026nbsp;on \u0026ldquo;Emerging Trends in Patent Quality.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarco specializes in innovation and patent policy, science and technology policy, intellectual property (IP) strategy and management, patent valuation, and other related areas. Earlier in the year, he was an invited speaker at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/events-calendar\/2018\/10\/ftc-hearing-4-competition-consumer-protection-21st-century.\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead\u0026nbsp;more\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alan Marco, professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy,\u00a0spoke on October 24, 2018\u00a0at Federal Trade Commission hearings on \u201cCompetition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.\u201d"}],"uid":"34652","created_gmt":"2018-11-07 18:40:51","changed_gmt":"2018-11-07 18:41:44","author":"isaunders3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594785":{"id":"594785","type":"image","title":"Alan Marco","body":null,"created":"1503421264","gmt_created":"2017-08-22 17:01:04","changed":"1503421264","gmt_changed":"2017-08-22 17:01:04","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226678","name":"AlanMarco_hr.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AlanMarco_hr.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AlanMarco_hr.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":293881,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/AlanMarco_hr.jpg?itok=qWotjZ09"}}},"media_ids":["594785"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"179639","name":"Federal Trade Commission"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}