dinsdag 14 februari 2012
Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion acquisition of smartphone and tablet developer Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. received antitrust clearance Monday from the U.S. Justice Department and the European Union, but regulators said they will monitor how Google and others use essential patents in the wireless industry.
The Justice Department also cleared a second tech-patent deal Monday that has raised antitrust concerns in the smartphone industry. It will allow a group of tech companies, including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. to acquire a trove of patents from bankrupt Canadian telecom-equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp. for $4.5 billion.
Bron: Wallstreet Journal
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