The FTC said Friday it voted to extend to Feb....
The FTC said Friday it voted to extend to Feb. 22 the deadline to submit public comments on the agency’s proposed settlement with Google and its Motorola Mobility subsidiary, at the request of several members of the public. The deadline…
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was originally set for Monday. The settlement, announced in early January, would end the FTC’s investigation into claims that Google employed search engine bias, as well as claims the company pursued -- or threatened to pursue -- injunctions against companies that used Motorola Mobility’s standard-essential patents in their products and were willing to license them on “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” terms. Comments can be submitted in writing or electronically (http://xrl.us/boesn3). Four of the five members of the commission voted in favor of the extension, while Commissioner Joshua Wright continued to recuse himself from cases involving Google, an FTC spokeswoman said. Google has financially supported some of Wright’s academic work.