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Microsoft EU antitrust ruling
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[July 18, 2007, 15:03]
Microsoft bows to EU antitrust ruling
Blog Microsoft has agreed to comply with a 2004 EU court ruling on anticompetition, bringing changes that will "profoundly affect the software industry" according to European commissioner for competition policy Neelie Kroes.
[October 22, 2007, 14:35]
Microsoft will comply with EU antitrust ruling
News Microsoft has agreed to comply with a 2004 EU court ruling on anticompetition, bringing changes that will "profoundly affect the software industry" according to Neelie Kroes, European commissioner for competition policy.
[October 22, 2007, 16:10]
Microsoft ruling: EU court statement
News The European Court of First Instance said on Monday that it upheld the European Commission's antitrust decision against Microsoft, in what could prove to be a crucial regulatory landmark. The Court dismissed Microsoft's appeal on all substantive...
[September 17, 2007, 10:07]
Microsoft-EU antitrust decision looms
News While the court's ruling may have an effect on how antitrust cases are addressed by the Commission, one legal expert said it is unlikely Google, Intel, Rambus or Qualcomm will be affected by the Microsoft decision.
[September 17, 2007, 8:15]
EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appeal
News However, the ruling will probably have no bearing on Microsoft's business in the US, where the company settled a long-running antitrust case in 2002. Some legal experts said that, with a favourable court ruling in the Microsoft case, the Commission...
[September 17, 2007, 9:21]
EC hits Microsoft with record £680m fine
News Microsoft was the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the Commission has had to fine for failure to comply with an antitrust decision," competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement.
[February 27, 2008, 11:31]
EC demands Microsoft compliance 'within weeks'
News Microsoft is under growing pressure to comply with the European antitrust ruling within a matter of weeks, an EU spokesman said on Wednesday. The initial antitrust ruling on March 24 2004 demanded that Microsoft disclose information to rival makers...
[May 11, 2005, 16:15]
MS faces tougher battle in Europe
News The resurgence of EU antitrust is going to be a growing significant factor in antitrust policy in the future," he said. The EU's decision to block the proposed $43bn merger of General Electric and Honeywell on Tuesday due to antitrust concerns is a...
[July 4, 2001, 10:36]
EC may put antitrust focus on Google
News This week Neelie Kroes, the European Commission's competition commissioner, defended the Microsoft antitrust ruling against criticism from the US. Following the rejection of Microsoft's antitrust appeal, the European Commission has defended its...
[September 21, 2007, 15:30]
Microsoft won't dance with Samba
News The Free Software Foundation is lobbying the European government to reject the server licence that Microsoft has proposed following the European Commission's antitrust ruling. Earlier this week Microsoft said that it would not appeal a EC court...
[January 28, 2005, 13:20]
Signs not good for Microsoft in EU case
News The EU's Competition Commissioner, Mario Monti, has been touting the draft resolution over the Windows Media Player dispute around various departments in the EC -- which EU commentators believe rarely happens in cases where antitrust cases go in...
[January 28, 2004, 7:55]
US casts doubt on EU's Microsoft decision
News US politicians gave at least six speeches during a three-day period last week on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives, all of which condemned European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti's ruling that Microsoft violated antitrust...
[March 31, 2004, 8:45]
There's something about Mario
News Monti took over as EU competition commissioner from Karl Van Miert and quickly established himself as an aggressive antitrust enforcer. When European regulators derailed the General Electric-Honeywell merger three years ago, American investment...
[March 24, 2004, 14:30]
Microsoft hits European antitrust deadline
News The software giant hopes the documents, filed on Wednesday, will be the final proof that it has complied with the Commission's antitrust ruling of 2004. In early July this year, the EC hit Microsoft with a fine of €280m, for failing to comply with...
[November 23, 2006, 13:22]
Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability deal
News Microsoft agreed to make workgroup server interoperability information available to open-source developers in October, after complying with a 2004 EU court antitrust ruling. Although we were disappointed the [EU] decision did not address the issue...
[December 21, 2007, 16:01]
Europe takes a front seat in Net rulemaking
News Antitrust: The EU favours the protection of small businesses, not just consumers as in the United States. Many American executives say EU regulators are merely trying to protect homegrown businesses through broad antitrust rulings never intended...
[January 16, 2002, 14:49]
Microsoft writes €497m cheque to EU
News Microsoft has paid the fine levied on it by the EU following the antitrust suit earlier this year, despite announcing that it will be appealing the ruling. While the fine -- the largest ever imposed by the EU's antitrust watchdog -- still stands...
[July 2, 2004, 16:25]
Briton appointed to monitor Microsoft
News The battle between the European Commission and Microsoft entered a new phase on Wednesday with the appointment of professor Neil Barrett as a Commission "trustee" charged with ensuring that Microsoft complies with the remedies imposed after it...
[October 5, 2005, 13:35]
Bush's EU man attacked for Microsoft links
News Gray's selection, which must be confirmed by the Senate, comes at a critical time in the EU's antitrust case against Microsoft — the European Commission (EC) is expected to make a decision on whether Microsoft has complied with last year's...
[August 8, 2005, 15:30]
