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U.S. Probing Tech Giants' Patent Deals

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U.S. Probing Tech Giants' Patent Deals
BY THOMAS CATAN
The Justice Department is scrutinizing likely bidders for a trove of patents being sold by the bankrupt Canadian telecom-equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp. amid concerns the patents could be used to unfairly hobble competition, according to people familiar with the matter.

The antitrust review has enveloped some of the U.S.'s largest technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Google Inc. It's the latest sign the Justice Department has heightened its interest in whether patents are being used to stifle competition in high-tech industries.

Nortel's trove contains some 6,000 patents spanning key portions of the modern world, including wireless video, Wi-Fi, Internet ...

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576363781889157222.html#ixzz1OJg8YTbn




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