FTC Secures Settlement with Deere & Company | Cozen O'Connor

The FTC secured a 10-year settlement with Deere & Company requiring the company to provide farmers and independent repair providers with the same software repair tools and resources previously restricted to authorised dealers. The settlement resolves charges that Deere unlawfully monopolised repair services by controlling the only diagnostic software capable of servicing its equipment. If you're building diagnostic or repair software for agricultural equipment, Deere just opened a $10bn installed base to you as a customer. Dealers have lost their repair monopoly; you now have a regulated right to access that market without Deere's permission.