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Bruce Lyons has posted a very interesting summary of the European Commission’s and U.S. DoJ’s approval of Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility on Competition Policy Blog (University of East Anglia)

From Competition Policy Blog:

“The European Commission and US DoJ have approved a (mainly) vertical acquisition of Motorola Mobility (MM) by Google because the specific transaction would not lessen competition.  They did so with weary resignation that it is part of the patent arms race into which they will be drawn to adjudicate in the coming months and years.  The underlying problem is that ‘fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory’ (FRAND) royalty commitments are fit for purpose as part of standard setting agreements.”

For the complete post see:

Merger Approval of Google-Motorola Mobility and the Failure of FRAND

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