Google finally settles its two-year EU inquisition

April 15, 2013 1:56 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Google has proposed a settlement to the European Commission that involves making legally binding changes to its search results in Europe. If this agreement is adopted, Google will change its results page by clearly highlighting search results from its own services and including links to rivals.

EU to issue “statement of objections” regarding Samsung patent suits

December 20, 2012 12:45 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

The European Commission promises to soon release a "statement of objections" regarding Samsung's patent lawsuits across the EU.

Say it ain’t so, Microsoft: secret APIs in new mobile Windows?

July 18, 2012 3:20 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

You’d think we’d be finished with all the nasty antitrust legal issues surrounding computer operating systems by now. Windows is still powerful, but it’s a shadow of its former monopolistic self, and Mac OS X, iOS, Android, and Linux are …

Habbo’s woes continue with threat of regulation and loss of retailer support

June 13, 2012 3:44 PM Evan Killham
Evan Killham

Teen-focused online social hub Habbo now faces possible action from the European Commission (the executive division of the European Union) due to allegations of unmoderated sexual chats in the virtual game space.

Google’s EU complaint about Microsoft & Nokia is patent troll-baiting at its finest

June 1, 2012 10:15 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Winning an argument against a “troll” is pretty much impossible within the confines of news article comment sections and social networks. However, when it comes to “patent trolls,” the situation can be quite different.

Yesterday, Google filed a formal complaint …

Google faces more antitrust claims in EU, this time for travel search

April 3, 2012 9:36 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Expedia and TripAdvisor have just filed complaints about Google’s travel search features as part of a larger antitrust probe the search giant is facing in the European Union.

Altogether the European Commission has received 13 formal complaints, including the new …

Microsoft files complaint against Motorola in EU for ball-busting on essential patents

February 22, 2012 7:48 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft has filed an antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility with the European Commission on grounds that it is unfairly leveraging its patents, it announced on a company blog today.

The move comes hot on the heels of Apple’s decision last …

From Google to Facebook, online privacy concerns aren’t going away (infographic)

February 6, 2012 9:14 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Ever since Google announced its new, controversial privacy policy two weeks ago, interest in online privacy has spiked as more people question how Google and other companies are managing their data.

Google announced last week that it would change its …

Google chairman visits European Commissioner to discuss antitrust allegations

December 5, 2011 3:28 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Google chairman Eric Schmidt paid a visit to Brussels today to meet with European Commissioner Joaquín Almunia in person.

Google has been prancing in a complicated minuet with the European Commission over its business practices, which some European companies say …

Google under EU investigation over online ads

November 30, 2010 6:19 AM JP Manninen

In the latest blow to Google’s ever-expanding online ambitions, the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, has opened an antitrust investigation into Google’s practices in online advertising. According to allegations made by Microsoft‘s German subsidiary Ciao.de, British …