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Article | 23/05/2013 Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit
Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.
Article | 15/05/2013 In e-book case, Apple says publishers had already taken measures to counter Amazon
Concerned about Amazon.com's low pricing of e-books, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as "windowing," a practice of delaying e-book...
Article | 14/05/2013 Google rival Foundem urges EU to reject remedies
A Google competitor that filed a complaint against the search giant said on Tuesday that the company's proposals to address the European Commission's ...
Article | 29/04/2013 AU Optronics executive sentenced for LCD price-fixing
A former executive with AU Optronics was sentenced Monday to serve two years in prison and pay a US$50,000 fine for participating in a worldwide LCD s...
Article | 25/04/2013 EU publishes Google antitrust remedy proposals
Google's rivals have been given one month to assess the search giant's proposed remedies, the European Commission announced Thursday.
Article | 22/04/2013 EU details concerns about alleged smartcard chip cartel
The European Commission announced on Monday that it has launched an investigation into a group of chip suppliers who are suspected breaking the Europe...
Article | 15/04/2013 EU's proposed Google antitrust settlement angers search rivals
Complainants in the European Union's antitrust case against Google said Monday that the company's proposed remedies could be worse than the current si...
Article | 8/04/2013 Tech workers anti-poaching suit fails to get class action status for now
A court in California declined to certify as class action a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies includi...
Article | 26/03/2013 Spanish Linux user group files European antitrust complaint against Microsoft
Spanish Linux user group Hispalinux on Tuesday filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft over the use of the UEFI (U...
Article | 21/03/2013 EC pressed to charge Google in antitrust case
Eleven complainants sent an open letter to European Union's Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia urging him to formally charge Google with breachi...
Article | 5/03/2013 Report: EU will announce Microsoft antitrust fine Wednesday
The European Commission is expected to announce an antitrust fine on Microsoft on Wednesday.
Article | 19/02/2013 Google's Page, Brin and Schmidt to testify in employee antritrust case
Google's famed "triumvirate" -- Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt -- will give oral statements over the coming weeks as part of a private antit...
Article | 1/02/2013 European Commission says it has received Google's proposal to settle antitrust case
The European Commission has received Google's proposal to settle an antitrust investigation into the search engine's practices, a Commission spokesman...
Article | 1/02/2013 Google submits settlement proposal in EU antitrust case, report says
Google has declined to confirm a report that it narrowly met its deadline for submitting a response to the European Commission over its antitrust conc...
Article | 4/01/2013 Google antitrust settlement reshapes patent disputes
The patent injunction portion of Google's antitrust settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week won't mean an end to patent disputes b...