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EC Sets Microsoft Antitrust Date
Talkback "Due to the importance placed by the Commission on maintaining the integrity of the software behemoth's intellectual property, it could be the case that the EC lays down the ends and Microsoft decides the means needed to achieve them itself.
[February 24, 2004, 15:50]
RealNetworks Cries Foul Over Microsoft Antitrust Case
Talkback If Microsoft won't comply with the laws of the land then ban them. I think the EC would be perfectly justified in doing this. Just get rid of them. They play by our rules or they don't play at all. Period.
[March 24, 2005, 9:56]
RealNetworks Cries Foul Over Microsoft Antitrust Case
Talkback Even when the EC and Microsoft resolve the problems in the unbundled version of Windows, PC vendors are expecting little consumer demand for the product. As I write they (Microsoft and RealNetworks) are all round a table discussing payoffs.
[April 6, 2005, 11:55]
RealNetworks Cries Foul Over Microsoft Antitrust Case
News Last week the EC rejected Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence - another consequence of the antitrust case - saying that it contained a number of serious flaws including unjustifiably high royalty fees and the exclusion of open...
[March 23, 2005, 16:40]
EC Says Microsoft Probe Goes On
News The European Commission's antitrust case against Microsoft will continue, unaffected by the software giant's settlement with the US Department of Justice last week, according to EC officials. Like the US Sherman Antitrust Act, under which the DoJ...
[November 5, 2001, 12:32]
EC Threatens Microsoft With More Fines
News The European Commission has warned Microsoft that it could impose further penalties in its ongoing antitrust case against the software giant. This dispute dates back to the landmark EC antitrust ruling against Microsoft in 2004.
[March 1, 2007, 14:44]
EC Sets Microsoft Antitrust Date
News A date for a decision from the EC on the long-running Microsoft antitrust case has been set -- but it's being kept top secret by the European Commission, amid rumours that the EC is still holding out for a deal with the software company.
[February 24, 2004, 13:10]
Microsoft Publishes EC Papers
News In the response document published on Thursday, Microsoft again attacked the EC over the way it has handled the antitrust case. EC related to the antitrust case — one is appealing against the original ruling, and one is appealing against the EC's...
[February 24, 2006, 7:45]
Europe Should Accept US Settlement, Says Microsoft
News Microsoft is asking for European competition regulators to dismiss their investigation into the software company's business practices, arguing they should accept the settlement Microsoft has reached in the US antitrust case.
[December 4, 2001, 12:34]
FSF Berates Apathy Over Microsoft Antitrust Case
News Georg Greve, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), criticised the IT industry on Wednesday for not doing enough to support the European Commission in its antitrust case against Microsoft.
[February 23, 2006, 16:45]
Microsoft Wants To Give Rivals' Software Away
News With a preliminary decision made and a full report on the way, Microsoft is looking to settle its seemingly interminable antitrust dispute with the European Commission -- but its latest move to placate the EC hasn't met with enthusiasm.
[February 17, 2004, 13:45]
FSF: Microsoft's Attack On EC Is 'outrageous'
News On Wednesday, Microsoft filed a response with the EC explaining why it believes it has complied with the antitrust ruling of 2004. The Free Software Foundation Europe expressed outrage on Thursday at Microsoft's criticism of the European Commission...
[February 17, 2006, 10:35]
EC Ruling 'will Speed Up Future Actions'
News While Monti acknowledged that such antitrust investigations could not go ahead without some initial analysis, he said the case had established a framework for defining the conduct that should be observed by "a very dominant company such that their...
[March 24, 2004, 12:50]
Big Guns Line Up Against Microsoft
News The five companies have formed a grouping known as the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) and have offered to supply the EC with technical and legal support in order to defeat Microsoft's appeal against its conviction for...
[April 6, 2005, 17:20]
Signs Not Good For Microsoft In EU Case
News The final ruling will no doubt come as a blow to Microsoft, already in the middle of legal wrangling with US authorities over whether it has broken its antitrust agreement. The EU's Competition Commissioner, Mario Monti, has been touting the draft...
[January 28, 2004, 7:55]
Microsoft Vs EC: The Story So Far
News It looks like the antitrust case against Microsoft could end up dragging on for a few years yet. The first of its rivals in the antitrust case to be paid off was Sun. But analysts say the prospect of fines is less of a worry for the company, than...
[April 24, 2006, 13:20]
Microsoft Set To Appeal EC Ruling
News Microsoft will appeal the European Commission's record €497m fine and ask the courts to suspend the antitrust sanctions imposed on it until a final judgement is reached. This case has another four or five years of litigation ahead of it," he said.
[March 24, 2004, 15:55]
EC May Put Antitrust Focus On Google
News The EC's decision to fine Microsoft would have the effect of "harming consumers by chilling innovation and discouraging competition", said Thomas Barnett, the head of the US Department of Justice's antitrust division, on Tuesday.
[September 21, 2007, 15:30]
Microsoft Seeks Help In EU Antitrust Fight
News Microsoft has contacted powerful firms and the US government to seek help in its ongoing antitrust battle with the European Commission. According to the Financial Times, Microsoft has met with officials in the White House and US Department of...
[November 14, 2005, 15:20]
Microsoft Rebuffed By EC
News The EC also turned down Microsoft's request to see some internal EC correspondence, between commissioners and others involved in the case, which the software giant said was pertinent to its rebuttal of the antitrust charges.
[February 9, 2006, 15:55]
