noreply@blogger.com (Florian Mueller) / FOSS Patents
Microsoft, Activision Blizzard drop 6 of their 23 defenses, no longer challenge constitutionality of – On Wednesday, the FTCs Chief (and currently only) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell handed down an order (PDF) granting parallel motions by which Microsoft and Activision Blizzard–with the FTCs consent–sought to withdraw six of their 23 defenses to the agencys merger complaint. The dropped defenses (16-22) challenged the …