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FTC Closes Google Inquiry

The FTC closed its inquiry, requiring Google to license patents that are essential to the interoperability of electronic devices but securing minimal agreements on what many viewed as the heart of the case: Google's dominance in the search market.

13 minute read January 31, 2013 at 11:35 AM
By
Jenna Greene
FTC Closes Google Inquiry

When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched its investigation of Google Inc. 19 months ago, antitrust lawyers predicted it would be the next Microsoft ' a landmark competition case pitting the federal government against a technology behemoth.

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