Unocal agreed to stop enforcing said reformulated gasoline patents and will make the patents public by the time the merger closes, according to a statement released by the US Federal Trade Commission.
Chevron/Unocal deal gets FTC nod
US antitrust authorities have approved Chevron's acquisition of Unocal after resolving lengthy antitrust charges over patents for reformulated gasoline.
10 June 2005 16:30 GMT
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10 June 2005 16:30 GMT
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