AMAZON.COM Inc. won partial dismissal of a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit accusing it of maintaining illegal monopolies, though the details of the ruling by a federal court in Seattle on Monday were not immediately clear.

The FTC has accused the online retailer of using anticompetitive tactics to maintain dominance among online superstores and marketplaces. Amazon asked US District Judge John Chun to dismiss the case in December, saying the FTC had raised no evidence of harm to consumers.

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