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Pro-Intel Purchasing Under Fire In Europe
News We received some complaints about the procurement of computers in several member states and began looking into this last year," Todd said. Antitrust regulators in Europe and Japan are looking into complaints that Intel threatens PC makers with...
[April 22, 2004, 8:50]
Europe Won't Back Down On Vista
News In line with the Commission's obligations under the EC Treaty and its practice, the Commission will closely monitor the effects of Vista in the market and, in particular, examine any complaints concerning Vista on their own merits.
[October 16, 2006, 17:20]
Europe Should Accept US Settlement, Says Microsoft
News The European Commission, the EU's executive body, is specifically investigating complaints that Microsoft is using its dominance in the desktop operating system market to compel adoption of its server software.
[December 4, 2001, 12:34]
Microsoft's Legal Problems Not Over Yet
News Remaining Microsoft foes pursuing their complaints in Europe include VideoBanner.com (formerly AudioBanner.com), the Software and Information Industry Association in Washington, D.C.the Free Software Foundation Europe, and the European Committee...
[October 12, 2005, 9:35]
Open Source Projects: Why It Pays To Keep Quiet
News The European Commission would not comment on these specific cases or on the wider Microsoft antitrust case, but in September it reportedly said it was considering further charges against Microsoft, following "informal complaints".
[November 25, 2005, 14:15]
Government Struggles To Prosecute Spammers
News However, the ICO said that complaints about UK-based spammers had fallen, indicating that the threat of prosecution may have had an effect. The number of complaints about emails has actually gone down," said the ICO.
[December 6, 2006, 9:46]
New Article By Danielle Libine
Talkback Danielle Libine, the author of the petition has sent a letter to the European commission and written an excellent article (link below) describing the complaints against Adobe and refuting their justification for the price hike.
[April 25, 2007, 9:23]
EC To Drop Intel Antitrust Investigation
News The Commission had been considering two complaints against Intel. The European Commission is to drop its competition investigation into Intel, according to reports. An EU source told Reuters on Monday: "The European Commission will soon drop its...
[February 4, 2002, 14:12]
SMEs Feeling Excluded From EC Patent Consultation
News But the Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) said on Wednesday it has received complaints from many smaller software companies across Europe who claim they are being excluded from the consultation as it is not available in their native language...
[March 9, 2006, 11:55]
EU Rejects US Opposition To Privacy Directive
News The European Union (EU) has rejected a US request to delay implementing the section of its controversial privacy directive that deals with personal data flow from financial services, saying it will not postpone action because of "US domestic...
[May 8, 2001, 16:05]
EC Will Force BT To Unbundle By Year End
News Oftel's relationship with the EC has been strained recently as the Commission questions its response to complaints. The EC is formally investigating the watchdog for taking too long to respond to anti-competitive complaints in the mobile market and...
[July 12, 2000, 12:02]
EC Launches Antitrust Probe Against Qualcomm
News We welcome the continuation of our dialogue with the Commission in order to demonstrate that the complaints are without merit and are motivated by commercial considerations of the entrenched complainants who are trying to stifle the competition...
[October 2, 2007, 8:46]
Revised Online Video Rules Attacked
News Tim Suter, the Ofcom partner responsible for content and standards, agreed that self-regulation was desirable, and suggested that an organisation for online media, along the lines of the Press Complaints Commission, might be the best option.
[March 14, 2007, 11:59]
Intel Responds To EC Antitrust Charges
News The Commission has an obligation to investigate those complaints," Sewell said. The European Commission has spent years investigating Intel's tactics to determine whether it has acted unfairly to preserve its dominance over AMD, and finally issued...
[July 30, 2007, 13:24]
Google-DoubleClick Deal Gets US Green Light
News The US Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that Google's controversial $3.1bn (£1.5bn) merger proposal with DoubleClick can proceed, despite earlier complaints raised by competitors and privacy advocates.
[December 21, 2007, 7:34]
RealNetworks Stands Alone In Microsoft's Way
News Antitrust enforcement by the commission does not hinge upon complaints by individual parties," commission spokeswoman Amelia Torres told Reuters this week. But he took what appeared to be a hard line, saying this week's settlements with Novell and...
[November 15, 2004, 11:10]
Two Takes On Reality
Blog But to imply that either was in some way an answer to the complaints of the European Commission - that mobile phone companies are grotesquely overcharging for roaming, with profit margins almost impossible to calculate without major developments...
[July 16, 2008, 1:47]
MS Faces Tougher Battle In Europe
News The European Commission has two Microsoft investigations in progress, brought on by complaints made by Sun Microsystems, Torres said. Tougher antitrust enforcement by European Commission regulators could mean trouble ahead for Microsoft, experts warn.
[July 4, 2001, 10:36]
European Parliament Accepts Telecoms Competition Laws
News The new initiative will assess complaints about national telecommunications regulatory bodies. This is the largest legislative package passed during this Commission, especially on internal markets, which people see as the hard core of the European...
[December 13, 2001, 16:20]
Microsoft Marks 10 Years Of Antitrust Action
News For years, the company has settled most of these complaints, while staunchly defending its right to add new features to its products. Had that settlement been struck, a process might have been put in place to deal quickly with future complaints...
[April 14, 2004, 12:30]
