antitrust case
RSS antitrust caseUS ramps up probe into Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal
News When there are three major companies in a market, and two of them decide to join forces, that almost automatically provokes a review, said Matthew Cantor, an antitrust lawyer with Constantine Cannon in New York. [14 Sep 2009]
Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo! join fight against Google Books
News Reback was responsible for compiling evidence to aid the US Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft on behalf of Microsoft's Silicon Valley adversaries. The coalition, which is expected... [21 Aug 2009]
Opera: 'IE-free Windows not enough to get competitive'
News Microsoft's abrupt reversal comes shortly before the European Commission is due to rule on antitrust charges brought against the company in January, claiming that it abuses its dominant position by bundling its Explorer... [15 Jun 2009]
Google Chrome's speed gets a sparkle
News Last month, Google officially joined the European Union's antitrust case against Microsoft, describing the browser market as "largely uncompetitive". Google released a new version of its Chrome web... [18 Mar 2009]
EU grants Microsoft extension in browser antitrust case
News European antitrust regulators have granted Microsoft's request to extend the deadline for responding to allegations that the company violated antitrust laws, setting a new deadline of 21 April. Since the... [12 Mar 2009]
Google wants to get in on Microsoft antitrust case
News Google wants to help the European Commission prove antitrust charges against Microsoft related to the software giant's dominance of the web browser market. This is not the first time Google and Microsoft have locked... [25 Feb 2009]
Legal Eye: Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Comment After much talk and speculation, rival mainframe maker T3 Technologies recently filed a lawsuit against IBM with the European Union's antitrust authority. It alleges that IBM has been illegally bundling mainframe... [11 Feb 2009]
Mozilla given voice in Europe's Microsoft case
News Mozilla has been granted a seat at the table in the European Commission's antitrust case against Microsoft, an EC source said Tuesday. Mozilla requested and was granted "third-party status", which... [11 Feb 2009]
Rejected: Intel's appeal to delay antitrust
News Intel has failed in its bid to delay European Commission antitrust procedures against the chipmaker. The Commission is pleased that the CFI President has confirmed that the Commission's antitrust... [29 Jan 2009]
Microsoft faces antitrust complaint from Dutch dealer
News A Dutch software dealer has filed a complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission, arguing that the company's pricing policy in Europe violates antitrust laws. He said he expects it will take "a few weeks"... [01 Dec 2008]
Intel hits back at EC over antitrust claims
News Intel has struck back at antitrust charges levelled against it by the European Commission. The spokesperson would not comment on Intel's allegations, other than to say the antitrust investigation is... [28 Nov 2008]
Apple's 'private' route to resolve 'Mac clone' dispute
News And Apple may very well not want to concede in a public courtroom that Psystar has a chance of proving its antitrust claim that the relevant market for this case is Mac OS computers, rather than just... [21 Oct 2008]
Neelie Kroes
AS Profile Although Europe competition commissioner Neelie Kroes didn't earn a place in the Agenda Setters 50 last year, she's made several appearances over the years, mainly as a result of the Competition Commission's landmark... [07 Oct 2008]
EC pledges open standards support
News Kroes made reference to the anti-competition case against Microsoft, the only company to have been fined twice over the same antitrust issues, as an illustration of competition problems in technology. [12 Jun 2008]
Skype drops open-source appeal
News Skype's appeal argued that the GPL licence was not valid in Germany, claiming GPL breaks the country's antitrust laws. The licence requires vendors to ship source code with any open-source product but Skype's WSKP100... [12 May 2008]
