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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...
Article | 3/01/2013 US FTC sets Thursday briefing on Google antitrust investigation
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference Thursday afternoon to discussion its investigation of Google for antitrust violations.
Article | 21/12/2012 EC: Samsung may have abused FRAND patents
Samsung's efforts to seek injunctions against Apple for standards-essential patents in the mobile phone market may be an abuse of its dominant positio...
Article | 20/12/2012 Samsung to be charged by EU over Apple patent battle
Europe's top regulatory authority is to charge Samsung over abuse of patents.
Article | 19/12/2012 Penguin settles DOJ e-book price-fixing lawsuit
Penguin Group has become the latest book publisher to reach a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit that alleges that Apple and ...
Article | 18/12/2012 Former executive convicted for LCD price fixing
A former executive at Taiwanese LCD marker AU Optronics has been convicted of participating in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the prices of LCD panels,...
Article | 18/12/2012 European Commission wants Google antitrust reponse in January
The European Commission has given Google a January deadline to respond to the European competition agency's concerns over alleged antitrust behavior b...
Article | 18/12/2012 European privacy watchdogs examine Microsoft's services policies
Europe's top data privacy agency has launched a formal investigation into Microsoft's privacy policy.
Article | 13/12/2012 Apple e-book settlement with EU will allow Amazon to set prices
Apple and four other e-book publishers have settled an antitrust battle with the European Union.
Article | 5/12/2012 EU fines CRT makers €1.47 billion for price-fixing
Seven international electronics manufacturers were fined a total of €1.47 billion by the European Commission on Wednesday for conspiring to fix the pr...
Article | 4/12/2012 Hewlett-Packard sues two display manufacturers for LCD price fixing damages
Hewlett-Packard has filed a complaint against display manufacturers Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Tatung Company of America, seeking to recover damages i...
Article | 30/11/2012 EU, US competition regulators to meet Monday as Google probes continue
The chief European and U.S. antitrust regulators will meet on Monday in Brussels, and the probes both have into Google's market domination is likely t...
Article | 19/11/2012 US lawmakers question FTC's antitrust investigation of Google
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission may be headed toward an "unwarranted" power grab in its antitrust investigation of Google, two lawmakers from Silico...
Article | 16/11/2012 US accuses eBay of illegal no-hiring deal with Intuit
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit accusing eBay of entering into a "handshake" agreement to not recruit or hire employees of software...
Article | 16/11/2012 Judge accepts $22.5 million Google fine in Safari privacy case
A U.S. judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in which Google will p...