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Microsoft's Acquisition of Skype Is Compatible with European Union Competition Law
Dec 13, 2013Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is compatible with European Union competition law, the General Court of the E.U. ruled Wednesday. Cisco Systems and Italian Internet communications service provider Messagenet had asked the court to ...
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Antitrust Approved Microsoft's $7bn Acquisition of Nokia's Mobile Phone Business
Dec 4, 2013Antitrust regulators in the US have approved Microsoft's $7bn (£4.6bn) acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. The deal, announced in September, sees Microsoft take ownership of Nokia's Devices and Services business, which ...
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Google Is Asked for Better Assurances From The Company in an Antitrust Investigation
Jul 23, 2013Europe's competition chief confirmed Wednesday that he has written to Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to ask for better assurances from the company in an ongoing antitrust investigation. "After the analysis of the market test that was ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Europe's Antitrust Chief Announced a $731 Million Fine on Microsoft
Mar 8, 2013Europe’s antitrust chief on Wednesday announced a substantial €561 million (US$731 million) fine on Microsoft, but it could have been even higher, he said. The software giant was hit with the fine by the European Commission for ...
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European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia Seems Resigned to Keep Waiting
Feb 1, 2013Despite saying in December that talks with Google could not go on forever, European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia seems resigned to keep waiting. Almunia laughed as he said at a Wednesday press briefing that "talks were ...
Tags: Google, European Union Competition, settlement agreement
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Samsung's Efforts to Seek Injunctions Against Apple for Standards-Essential Patents
Dec 21, 2012IDG News Service-Samsung's efforts to seek injunctions against Apple for standards-essential patents in the mobile phone market may be an abuse of its dominant position and a violation of European Union antitrust rules,the European ...
Tags: Samsung, FRAND patents, mobile phone market, Intellectual property rights
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Google Was Likely to Agree to a Settlement with The Federal Trade Commission
Dec 19, 2012US regulators are likely to conclude a lengthy antitrust probe of Google's dominance of internet searches with a voluntary settlement, news reports say. The Wall Street Journal said Google was likely to agree to a settlement with the ...