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General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission close antitrust investigations into high-profile patent acquisitions

  • Jones Day
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  • European Union, USA
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  • February 24 2012

This past week the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was closing its investigations of three high-profile acquisitions of substantial patent portfolios, including patents essential to implementing standards in the wireless communications and computer industries

Wireless patent deals cleared by Justice Department, EU

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • February 17 2012

On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department and the European Union cleared key wireless patent deals that involve Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Research-In-Motion, while warning the parties that the government will not hesitate to act against abusive technology patent lawsuits that aim to thwart competition

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • August 16 2010

Regulators from the European Commission have reportedly joined the FTC in investigating whether Apple's iPhone application development practices harm competition

Commission clears proposed acquisition of Motorola ECC by Emerson Electric

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • January 3 2008

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Motorola ECC, the embedded computing division of US telecommunications company Motorola Inc. by Emerson Electric Co., also of the US