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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9128

10 February 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission closes investigation following changes to Philips CD-Recordable Disc Patent Licensing

Brussels, 09/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - After undertakings from the Dutch company, the European Commission has closed its investigation into the CD-R Disc Licensing Programmes administered by Philips in Europe. The investigation was launched in 2003 following a complaint (which was later retracted) by FIPCOM (the Federation of Interested Parties in fair Competition in the Optical Media sector). The complaint alleged that the terms and conditions of licensing of the CD-R technology violated...

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