UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
October
11, 2005 (October 6, 2005)
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
COMPETITIVE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-8696
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36-2664428
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation)
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File
Number )
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Identification
No.)
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1960
Bronson Road, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(203)
255-6044
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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the
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Item
8.01 Other
Events.
On
October 6, 2005, Competitive Technologies, Inc. (“CTT”) received notice that
Administrative Law Judge Janice K. Bullard from the United States Department
of
Labor had dismissed the claims filed against CTT by former employee J. Scott
Bechtel. In a complaint filed with the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration pursuant to the employee protection provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, alleging whistleblower discrimination, Bechtel
had
claimed wrongful termination and had sought reinstatement. In her ruling,
Judge
Bullard found that Bechtel had failed to establish that CTT’s rationale for
Bechtel’s discharge was pretextual. Additionally, Judge Bullard found that the
record did not establish disparate treatment of Mr. Bechtel; and, further,
that
the issue of damages was not relevant since Mr. Bechtel had not carried his
burden of proof.
A
copy of
the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit 99.1 |
Press release dated October 11,
2005. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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COMPETITIVE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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Date: October
11, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ Michael
D. Davidson |
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Michael D. Davidson
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit 99.1 |
Press
release dated October 11, 2005 announcing that Administrative
Law
Judge Janice K. Bullard from the United States Department of
Labor had
dismissed the claims filed against CTT by former employee J.
Scott
Bechtel.
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