
U.S. Approves Google's Purchase of Motorola, Apple's Purchase of Nortel Patents
Less than a day after the European Commission approved Google's bid to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, the United States Department of Justice has also given the deal a thumbs-up. The deal will provide Google with 17,000 Motorola patents and 7,500 patent applications. However, both the European Commission and the U.S. Justice Department have vowed to keep a close eye on...