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<title>Motorola issued EU warning for FRAND patent abuse against Apple</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/06/motorola.suffers.major.setback.in.frand.patent.case.against.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366848316_motomob-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Motorola has been issued a formal warning by the European Commission for potential FRAND patent abuse against Apple in a case underway in Germany. The EU Commission has formed a preliminary view that Google-owned companyís case against Apple violates the EUís antitrust rules and that its misuse ëcould ultimately harm consumers.í The development is a major blow to Google, which purchased Motorola f...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>European Commission seeks Google search proposal comments</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/25/feedback.requested.on.search.labeling.agreement/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355208934_googlesign-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The European Commission has opened itself up to comments from Google's competitors, concerning how the search giant should display links to rival services next to its own. The feedback request comes after Google struck a deal with the EC to end its two-year antitrust investigation into its search practices, with the agreement including a number of concessions in search results and other products....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google settles with European Commission over antitrust probe</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/15/google.agrees.to.label.search.results.links.to.competitors/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/europeancommissionthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has struck a deal with the European Commission, in order to end a two-year antitrust investigation into its search practices, according to a report. The legally binding agreement will see Google clearly labeling any search results that come up for its own products and services, and in some instances, providing links from competing search engines....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>France to ask EU to investigate Apple over AppGratis rejection</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/11/french.developer.admitted.to.breaking.apples.guidelines/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365719024_France-AppGratis-merde-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Calling Apple's decision to pull AppGratis out of the App Store for its violation of the rules "extremely brutal and unilateral," a junior minister for the digital economy in France has said she plans to ask the European Commission to investigate "Internet companies" for "repeated abusive behavior" and called for tighter regulation of digital platforms, search engines and social media. The thinly-...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google formally submits European Commission antitrust proposal</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/11/proposal.if.accepted.will.likely.lead.to.no.fine.paid.by.search.engine/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365716026_eurocomm-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In response to the antitrust investigation by the European Commission, Google has formally submitted a proposal to the agency -- attempting to end a two-year investigation. The proposal, if accepted, will reportedly see Google clearly marking on search results what is a Google product, and impose fewer restrictions on advertisers. Google's proposal includes no fine paid to the Commission for its p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU regulators consider antitrust charges over iPhone deals</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/22/early.probing.underway/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1203/euflag-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European Union regulators are examining whether or not the deals Apple signs with cellphone carriers might violate antitrust laws, the New York Times reports.  Several carriers are said to have complained that Apple's arrangements hurt competition; a source for the Times adds that while no formal complaints have been filed, a group of carriers recently submitted information about their contracts ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU commissioner says Apple still ignoring warranty issues</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/19/says.apple.breaking.law.in.21.european.countries/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1201/euflag-5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple is still failing to tell consumers about their warranty rights in many European Union countries, says EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding.  Last September Reding sent a letter to various governments encouraging them to take action against Apple to make sure it obeyed EU warranty laws.  But the case and the responses to her letter "have highlighted rather clearly just why the Commission c...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google, Opera informed EC of Microsoft browser choice lapse</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/07/competitors.revelation.cost.microsoft.730.million.dollars/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362712088_almunia-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[On the heels of The European Commission's 561 million euros ($730 million) fine levied against Microsoft, documents have emerged that show that Google and Opera are responsible for informing the commission that the browser choice screen in Windows had been excised. The Commission claims that around 15 million Windows users in the EU failed to see the mandated web browser ballot screen, something w...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft fined $730M by EU over browser choice failure</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/06/fine.for.lack.of.browser.choice.screen.in.windows.7.service.pack/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362582041_microsoftbrowserchoicescreenbigthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The European Commission has handed Microsoft a hefty fine for not complying with a Commission order. The fine of 561 million euros ($730 million) stems from Microsoft failing to offer customers using Windows 7 Service Pack 1 the choice of default browser between May 2011 until July 2012, as part of commitments from a previous EC decision....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: EU Microsoft Windows browser choice fine imminent</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/28/european.commission.claims.microsoft.in.violation.for.over.a.year/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/europeancommissionthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Following accusations by the European Commission in October of 2012, the regulatory agency plans to fine Microsoft for continued refusal to offer a choice of browsers consistently in the Windows operating system. According to Reuters, sources familiar with the matter claim that the fine is expected before the end of March -- and it may be a significant sum, given that it is the second time that Mi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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