Brussels, 19/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 18 February, the European Commission cleared the acquisition of I.R.I.S. of Belgium (a software developer) by Canon Inc. of Japan (electronic imaging) as meeting EU competition rules. The review of the transaction was referred to the Commission by several national competition authorities, and the Commission examined the competitive effects of the acquisition in the markets for different types of portable document scanners where both Canon and...