Google, Apple, ‘The Bachelor’: Intellectual Property

Google Inc.’s bid to block imports of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox gaming system and Apple Inc.’s iPhone based on patents owned by its Motorola Mobility unit may hurt competition, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.

Weighing in on cases before another U.S. agency, the International Trade Commission, the FTC said in filings yesterday that companies should be limited in their ability to win orders blocking imports of competitors’ products over the use of patents built into industrywide standards.