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Volvo Makes a Provision of $497m to Pay Any Possible Fine to Be Imposed by The European
Nov 27, 2014Volvo is making a provision of €400m ($497m) to pay any possible fine to be imposed by the European Commission as a result of its ongoing investigation into the company’s violation of antitrust rules. The provision will ...
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Google Planned Remedies to Anti-Competitive Practices
Jun 27, 2013Companies who have been assessing Google's planned remedies to anti-competitive practices called on the European Commission on Tuesday to reject them and to consider regulating Internet search. Google has been under investigation by the ...
Tags: Google, Utilities, Internet search, complainants
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The EC Is Likely to Require More Concessions From Google in an Ongoing Antitrust Probe
May 28, 2013The European Commission is likely to require more concessions from Google in an ongoing antitrust probe, the European Union's Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said. The Commission is now analyzing proposals that Google submitted ...
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EC Could Hit Google with a Significant Fine for Its Attempts to Enforce an Injunction
May 9, 2013The European Commission (EC) could hit Google with a significant fine for its attempts to enforce an injunction to stop Apple selling its iPhones in Germany. The Commission made the antitrust finding against Motorola Mobility, which ...
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Motorola Abuses Its Dominant Position in The E.U. by Enforcing an Injunction Against Apple
May 8, 2013Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary ...
Tags: Motorola
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The European Commission Has Launched a Investigation Into Smartcard Chip Suppliers
Apr 24, 2013The European Commission said it has launched a formal investigation into a group of smartcard chip suppliers who are suspected of breaking the European Union's antitrust laws by operating a cartel, and has sent letters detailing its ...
Tags: Computer Products, Chip
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EC Has Received Concessions From Google Aimed at Ending a Two-Year Antitrust Investigation
Apr 15, 2013The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that it has formally received a package of concessions from Google aimed at ending a two-year antitrust investigation. The Internet giant submitted detailed proposals at the end of January, ...
Tags: Google, Antitrust Remedies
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Eleven Complainants Call on Charging Google with Breaching Competition Law
Mar 25, 2013Eleven complainants have sent an open letter to the European Union’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, urging him to formally charge Google with breaching competition law. “The Commission opened proceedings ...
Tags: Google, search engine, search manipulation
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Microsoft Waived Its Right to a Hearing Before European Regulators to Answer Charges
Jan 30, 2013Microsoft waived its right to a hearing before European antitrust regulators to further answer charges that it failed to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Tags: Microsoft, Securities and Exchange Commission, blunder
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Google Submitted Revised Proposals to Address Concerns of EC Competition Authorities
Dec 28, 2012Google has submitted a revised set of proposals to address the concerns of Europe's competition authorities. The move comes after competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia asked Google to clarify some elements of the proposals submitted at ...
Tags: Google, proposals, concerns, Europe competition authorities
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European Union Regulators Will Not Force Microsoft to Open Its Windows RT Operating System
Dec 26, 2012European Union regulators will not force Microsoft to open its Windows RT operating system to rival browsers, the Brussels-based antitrust agency said Wednesday. At the same time, the European Competition Commission served Microsoft with ...
Tags: EU, regulators, Microsoft, Windows RT, operating system, rival browsers
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Europe's Top Regulatory Authority Will Charge Samsung Over Abuse of Patents
Dec 25, 2012IDG News Service - Europe's top regulatory authority will charge Samsung over abuse of patents. The European Commission is very close to issuing a statement of objections against the electronics giant, Competition Commissioner Joaquin ...
Tags: Samsung, Apple, Patent Battle, IDG News Service
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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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The European Commission Warned 13 Optical Disk Drive Suppliers
Dec 20, 2012The European Commission on Tuesday warned 13 optical disk drive suppliers that they may face a formal antitrust investigation for participating in a worldwide cartel. The companies are alleged to have been engaged in bid rigging for at ...
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Intel Presented an Array of Arguments to The E.U. General Court
Dec 18, 2012Intel this week presented an array of arguments to the E.U. General Court in its appeal of a massive 1.06 billion euros (US$1.33 billion) fine imposed by Europe's antitrust regulators. In 2009, the European Commission fined Intel for ...