FTC Chairman Pitofsky speaks on the application of antitrust law to the new economy; Addresses relationship between antitrust and intellectual property in the 21st century.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 June 2000-US FTC: FTC Chairman Pitofsky speaks on the application of antitrust law to the new economy; Addresses relationship between antitrust and intellectual property in the 21st century (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15062000 In prepared remarks delivered today before the American Antitrust Institute Conference: An Agenda for Antitrust in the 21st Century at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky discussed the challenges of applying antitrust laws enacted in the 19th and 20th centuries to the dynamic and fast-moving developments of the 21st century.

Pitofsky argues that the core principles of antitrust law are still valid today, and that these principles should not...