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Article | 11/02/2011 EU Parliament warned to wait for ruling on patent law
The European Parliament has been asked to wait for a landmark ruling from the European Court of Justice before voting on a single-patent system for Eu...
Article | 11/02/2011 EU publishers blast Apple's iPad subscription plan
European publishers have added their voice to the chorus of criticism surrounding Apple's plans for iPad newspaper subscriptions.
Article | 25/01/2011 EU gives boost to innovation funding
The European Commission has vowed to make the application process for technological innovation funding easier and more efficient.
Article | 14/01/2011 Parental control programs perform poorly with Web 2.0 sites
A survey by the European Commission has found that parental control programs aimed at keeping children safe online do not function well with Web 2.0 s...
Article | 25/11/2010 EU Parliament approves once-secret ACTA copyright treaty
After 11 rounds of international negotiations, the final text of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has overcome its biggest...
Article | 13/10/2010 French government may subsidize music downloads, says EU
The European Commission has approved a French program to subsidize legal music downloads for young people.
Article | 27/09/2010 EU drops two Apple iPhone antitrust investigations
The European Commission has dropped two antitrust investigations concerning Apple's iPhone after the company reversed two policies that drew the regul...
Article | 22/09/2010 EU promises tougher rules on airline passenger data
The European Commission has adopted a plan to limit third-country access to travelers' data and intends to use the plan in negotiations with the U.S.,...
Article | 21/09/2010 Radio frequencies to be reallocated for broadband in EU
The European Commission is planning to reassign radio frequencies for faster wireless services as part of a five-year plan outlined by Digital Agenda ...
Article | 26/08/2010 Creation of common EU patent system faces legal setback
The European Court of Justice looks set to derail plans for a common patent system across the European Union. The court's Advocate General believes th...
Article | 17/07/2010 Disagreements on transparency fail to stop ACTA treaty leak
Disagreements between the European Union and the US over whether to release the current negotiating text of a secretive international copyright treaty...
Article | 8/07/2010 EC exec says Google antitrust probe continues
Europe's top antitrust official said Wednesday that his office is continuing to investigate antitrust concerns about Google Inc.
Article | 6/07/2010 Beijing angry with EU anti-dumping investigation
China has hit back at the European Commission over an investigation into allegations of hardware dumping.
Article | 19/05/2010 Europe fines nine chipmakers €331M over price fixing
European antitrust regulators fined nine semiconductor manufacturers more than €331 million (US$404 million) on Wednesday following a years-long inves...
Article | 7/04/2010 Open-source advocate enters IBM antitrust fray
Software developer and political lobbyist Florian Mueller weighed in on the European Commission's investigation of monopoly abuse claims against IBM, ...