Over earlier this week, we reported that the European Union France-led investigation stated that Google’s new privacy policy may violates the European Law, confirming over on this EU justice commissioner Vivian Reading says it breaches the union’s law. Google, whose new single policy is into effect since from yesterday, March 1st – consolidating 60 products different...
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This is how the things happens exactly Microsoft and “several other firms” has reportedly lodged a formal complaint to EU antitrust regulators about Google’s social network, Google+, reports Reuters. Reuters cites “two people familiar with the matter” as its source, in a move that could see European regulatory bodies extend its investigations into the company. EU...
The European Commission has announced Wednesday its plans to refer the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty to the European Court of Justice in order to examine whether it violates the fundamental rights – counterfeiting, copyright and Internet freedom, of Europeans or not. The ACTA agreement was signed by the European Union and 22 member...
Microsoft, which somehow looks like following Apple’s lead, has announced today that it has filed an antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility with the European Commission over the patents related to online video – the software giant in a post today, entitled “Google: Please Don’t Kill Video on the Web,” accuses Motorola Mobility saying, “Motorola is on...
Skype which earlier last year was bought up by Microsoft resulting in today the Networking giant Cisco Systems appealed to European regulators to again consider their approval over Microsoft’s $8.5 billion purchase of the Internet calling service Skype – the EU reportedly approved the deal without any conditions in October. “Imagine how difficult it would be if...
After suspending the hearings by EU regulators early last December to seek more information about Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the commission set February 13 as a deadline for the mulling the deal – and now we are hearing from the search engine giant that European Commission as well as U.S. Department of Justice approved Google’s proposed acquisition...
Whilst Twenty-two of the European countries have already signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trademark Agreement, commonly known as ACTA, European’s biggest economy country – Germany – will hold off signing the treaty unless and until the EU parliamentary decision will come into affect before moving ahead. German publication Spiegel.de reports, “In Germany, the Treaty,...
