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Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
EU Regulators Investigate Amazon's E-Book Practices The European Commission announced Thursday that it is looking into whether or not Amazon's policies pressured rivals into keeping their prices higher.   |
Fast Company
Annelise McGough |
Google Cites Free Nature Of Search In EU Antitrust Defense Google has been the subject of a formal antitrust investigation in the European Union since April, over charges that it unfairly displays its own shopping service more prominently than competitors in search results. |
InternetNews
December 1, 2010 |
EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Probe European antitrust authorities announce the launch of a formal investigation into allegations from Google's rivals that the firm used its dominant market power to crowd out competition. |
InternetNews
December 16, 2009 |
Microsoft, EC Settle Antitrust Case Case that revolved around the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows is settled, but issues between Microsoft and the European Commission remain. |
Information Today
July 30, 2012
George H. Pike |
Justice Department Responds to Ebook Lawsuit Objections The U.S. Department of Justice responded to public comments made objecting to the department's proposed settlement of price fixing charges levied against Apple, Inc., HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and four other publishers. |
BusinessWeek
July 25, 2005 |
Intel: The EU's Latest Antitrust Target Regulators from the European Union carried out a series of coordinated dawn raids on the European offices of chipmaker Intel Corp. and a half-dozen PC makers and distributors. |
InternetNews
July 12, 2006
Clint Boulton |
EC Slaps $357M Fine on Microsoft As promised, the European Union fined Microsoft today over compliance with its antitrust ruling. |
Information Today
August 5, 2014
George H. Pike |
Latest Salvo Fired in Amazon and Hachette's Dispute Last week, Amazon launched the latest salvo in its ongoing spat with Hachette Book Group over sales of Hachette books on Amazon.com, arguing that ebooks "should be less expensive" than print books. |
InternetNews
March 11, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
EC to Microsoft: You've Got 30 More Days The European Union's executive branch gives Microsoft an extra month to prepare its defense to the charge of illegal tying. |
Information Today
September 24, 2012 |
Aptara Ebook Survey of Publishers Now Available Issued in April 2012 and sponsored by Publishers Weekly magazine and Aptara, the survey tracks the ebook publishing trends, challenges, and strategies that have emerged since 2009 when the ebook market began taking shape. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
Google Strikes Back Against Europe's Antitrust Charges Google published a blog post on Thursday responding to the European Commission's claims that some of its practices are anti-competitive. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Apple And Amazon May Face Antitrust Charges In Germany Over Audiobooks Deal Germany's competition regulator, the Federal Cartel Office, has launched an investigation into the deal Apple inked years ago with Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobooks company, according to Reuters. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
The EU Officially Reveals Its Plan To Reduce Silicon Valley's Power In Europe As part of its ongoing effort to reposition its economy, the European Union just formally unveiled plans to unify its fractured markets and take a more aggressive stance toward U.S. tech companies. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2004
Alexander Wolfe |
EU Mum on Microsoft Settlement Proposal News of a scuttled bid to bundle competitors' software on CD-ROMs by Microsoft comes as the European Commission inches closer to a decision on antitrust charges. Among the issues on the settlement table is the charge that Microsoft may have acted illegally by incorporating its new Media Player product into its Windows operating system. |
InternetNews
February 24, 2004
Alexander Wolfe |
EU Closer to Microsoft Decision The European Union's long-running antitrust case against Microsoft moved another step closer to its conclusion, with the EU's antitrust chief confirming that he has set a date for deciding the case. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2010 |
Amazon, Apple Face Pressure on eBook Deals Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is calling on Amazon and Apple to explain their pricing strategies for ebooks, eyeing "most-favored-nation" deals with publishers. |
Information Today
July 16, 2013
George H. Pike |
Apple Ebook Dealings Violated Antitrust Law A federal court in New York has found Apple guilty of violating federal antitrust laws, stating that the company "played a central role in facilitating and executing a conspiracy" to raise ebook prices. |
Information Today
June 17, 2013
George H. Pike |
Apple Ebook Price-Fixing Trial Underway The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, alleges that Apple conspired with several publishers to set ebook pricing as a means to counter Amazon's domination of the ebook market through its online ebook service and Kindle e-reader. |
Information Today
September 24, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Three Publishers Settle in Apple Pricing Collusion Case "In a move that could reshape the publishing industry," The Wall Street Journal declares, "a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books." |
InternetNews
February 11, 2005
Tim Gray |
EC To Revisit Microsoft's ContentGuard Deal The European Commission said it had restarted its antitrust review of Microsoft and Time Warner's acquisition of anti-piracy software company ContentGuard. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
European Antitrust Head Says Examining Google's Practices Is "High Priority" The charges already brought against Google by the European Commission accuse the company of featuring its own shopping pages more prominently than others in the site's search results. |
InternetNews
May 22, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
EC Brass to Skip Microsoft's Antitrust Hearing Beleaguered software maker canceled hearing when EC officials said they were too busy to attend. |
InternetNews
September 17, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
European Court to Microsoft: You Lose The European Union's Court of First Instance early Monday upheld virtually all of the EC's ruling against Microsoft, including nearly a billion dollars in fines. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2005
Erin Joyce |
Microsoft To Change 'XP Reduced Media' Moniker Move is in spirit of cooperation with EC on antitrust penalties. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
Google May Face U.S. Antitrust Investigation Over Android Bundling The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun an antitrust inquiry into the way Google bundles apps on smartphones running its Android mobile operating system. |
Information Today
August 6, 2013
George H. Pike |
DOJ Proposes Injunction on Apple Ebook Practices After having proven that Apple conspired with five major book publishers to fix the prices of ebooks, the Department of Justice seeks to prevent Apple from continuing its anticompetitive practices not only in its ebook sales, but also with its movie, music, and app sales. |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2004
Alexander Wolfe |
Report: EU to Find Microsoft Guilty Fines and interoperability sanctions could be forced on the software giant, according to published reports. |
Searcher
May 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Feature: The Ebook Wars - Amazon Versus the Rest The move to electronic publication of books is creating some of the same issues and problems for publishers and distributors that the music industry -- not to mention, the information industry -- has been dealing with for years now: disintermediation. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2007
Caron Carlson |
EU Targets Qualcomm in Antitrust Investigation Maintaining its place at the forefront of high-profile patent and licensing disputes, mobile phone chipmaker Qualcomm today became the subject of a formal antitrust investigation by the European Commission. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Amazon Opens Business-Only Marketplace After Three-Year Test Period Opening a business-specific marketplace will help Amazon serve enterprise and industrial clients that typically order components and tools out of catalogs, says The Wall Street Journal. |
InternetNews
October 7, 2005
Tim Gray |
Symantec is On Guard Security vendor Symantec has quietly lodged an unofficial complaint against Microsoft to European Commission antitrust regulators over the software giant's recent entry into the security market. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
A New Report Shows How Amazon Is Different Around The World The e-commerce giant's customer service techniques have gained praise worldwide, but the Amazon shopping experience can vary wildly depending on the country you're in. |
InternetNews
July 8, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Reportedly in Talks With the EC Microsoft and the European Commission seek common ground on the company's antitrust charges - is a settlement likely? |
InternetNews
November 30, 2009 |
Kroes Stepping Down as EU Antitrust Chief New EU chair will take over Jan. 26. Will he change the course of the Oracle-Sun merger? |
InternetNews
February 10, 2009 |
Mozilla Helping EC Against Microsoft In recent blog post, Mozilla head offered help to the European Commission's watch dogs. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007 |
Bulgaria Having joined the European Union in January 2007, Bulgaria is off to a promising start in its marathon to catch up with the living standards of its new European partners. But the challenge ahead will be to improve productivity. |
InternetNews
February 23, 2010 |
Google Faces EU Investigation The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has notified Google its received multiple complaints about its practices. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2011 |
Microsoft Appeals Massive EU Fine While a ruling on the outcome is months away, Microsoft's appeal this week of a massive fine by the European Commission is being eyed by other U.S. firms. |
InternetNews
June 9, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
EC Queries PC Makers on Bundling Browsers The European Commission has been circulating questionnaires to PC makers that ask two general sets of questions regarding the ongoing anti-trust case against Microsoft. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2009 |
Windows 7 to Get Internet Explorer in Europe Microsoft may have figured out the most painless way to ship Windows 7 in Europe. |
InternetNews
October 4, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Is EC Finalizing Intel Suit? Are European regulators in the final stages of filing antitrust charges against Intel? We may know soon. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2011
Darleen Hartley |
Microsoft Challenges Google's Practices in Europe The company's legal department joins in the chorus of complaints against Big G. |
InternetNews
April 3, 2007
David Needle |
EU: Apple Has Europe in iTunes Cuffs The European Commission has issued a complaint against Apple and major record companies over the way music is sold via Apple's online iTunes store. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2011
Evan Niu |
Apple Faces Another Set of Antitrust Accusers A deeper look at the antitrust charges that Apple and publishers face in the e-book market. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
Google Surprisingly Contrite In New Interview About Europe Anti-Trust Case Google, which has been the subject of an anti-trust investigation in Europe since April, is now taking a surprisingly contrite stance. |
InternetNews
July 5, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
More Regulator Woes For Microsoft European Union regulators on Monday reportedly voted to support a European Commission plan to fine Microsoft up to $2.6 million per day for failing to comply with a 2004 EC antitrust decision. |
Information Today
March 8, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon's Squeeze on Booksellers Leads to Boycotts and Protests In January, Barnes & Noble made the decision to no longer carry Amazon-published titles in their brick-and-mortar stores "based on Amazon's continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent." |
InternetNews
November 24, 2009 |
U.S. Senators Press EU to End Oracle-Sun Probe Bipartisan group cites DoJ clearance as reason enough, but there might be one particular reason why it won't be. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2005
Tim Gray |
Amazon Buys On Demand Player BookSurge Company moves further into print-on-demand market. |
