WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will close its investigation into Samsung Electronics’ use of a special class of essential patents to attack rivals, but said it would continue to monitor related patent litigation. Samsung had filed a complaint against Apple Inc. at the U.S. International Trade Commission and won an order banning the sale of some Apple products in the United States. That order was overturned in 2013, rendering the Justice Department investigation unnecessary, the department said on Friday. …
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