'Nuanced,' 'concerning': US drops Google probe

Smart idea to drop the case against Google search.
a. More effects on competitors than competition;
b. Consumers want integrated results;
c. Government monitoring of remedy would be messy...

[FTC in its statement provides] the most nuanced framework we've yet seen on standard essential patents:
a. Binding arbitration is positive development given uncertainty of RAND ("reasonable & nondiscriminatory") terms
b. Parties must agree to pay what arbitrator determines (avoid problem of Apple refusing to be bound by determination in Wisconsin case)