[The joint policy statement urges the FTC not to order injunctions in cases involving standard patents.]

By Stee Lohr (NYT) -- "The consensus among policy makers on the perils of using standard patents as competitive weapons continues to build.

The Justice Department and the Patent and Trademark Office issued an unusual joint statement on Tuesday. Their move came after the Federal Trade Commission took an enforcement action last Thursday, as it closed its antitrust investigation of Google."

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