Intel scores major win as court scraps $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 10 months ago

Intel scores major win as court scraps $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Intel on Wednesday won its fight against a 1.06-billion-euro EU antitrust fine that the U.S. chipmaker was handed 12 years ago for stifling a rival, in a major setback for EU antitrust regulators. The judgment by Europe's second-top court in support of Intel's arguments is likely to cheer Alphabet unit Google in its fight against hefty EU antitrust fines and Apple, Amazon and Facebook, which are in the EU antitrust enforcer's crosshairs. The European Commission penalised Intel in 2009 for trying to block rival Advanced Micro Devices by giving rebates to computer makers Dell, Hewlett-Packard Co, NEC and Lenovo for buying most of their chips from Intel. The same court had in 2014 upheld the Commission's 2009 decision but was subsequently told by the EU Court of Justice, Europe's highest, in 2017 to reexamine Intel's appeal.

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EU court confirms Qualcomm's antitrust fine, with minor reduction
3 months ago

EU court confirms Qualcomm's antitrust fine, with minor reduction

The Hindu  

Europe's second-top court largely confirmed on Wednesday an EU antitrust fine imposed on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm, revising it down slightly to 238.7 million euros from an initial 242 million euros. The European Commission imposed the fine in 2019, saying that Qualcomm sold its chipsets below cost between 2009 and 2011, in a practice known as predatory pricing, to thwart British …

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine
3 months ago

Google wins challenge against 1.49 billion euro EU antitrust fine

Live Mint  

Alphabet unit Google won its challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro antitrust fine imposed five years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising, a week after it lost a much bigger case. The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had abused its dominance to prevent websites from using brokers other than its AdSense platform that …

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case
3 months ago

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business. The EU’s General Court said it was throwing out the 2019 penalty imposed by the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust enforcer. The commission’s ruling applied to a narrow …

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes
3 months, 1 week ago

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

The Hindu  

Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc's top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies. The European Union’s top court rejected Google's appeal against the 2.4 billion euro penalty from the European Commission, …

Google loses EU court appeal against 2.4-bln-euro fine
3 months, 1 week ago

Google loses EU court appeal against 2.4-bln-euro fine

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-11 00:47 People walk next to a Google logo during a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany on April 22. BRUSSELS -- Google lost its final court appeal on Tuesday against a European Union fine of 2.4 billion euros, for abuse of its dominant position by favoring its own comparison shopping service. In 2017, the …

Google loses fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday lost its fight against a 2.42 billion euro fine levied by EU antitrust regulators seven years ago, one of a trio of hefty fines meted out to the company for various anti-competitive practices. The European Commission fined the world's most popular internet search engine in 2017 for using its own price comparison shopping service to gain …

Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping case

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine. The European Union’s Court of Justice upheld a lower court’s decision, rejecting the company’s appeal against the 2.4 billion euro …

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

LA Times  

In this photo from 2007, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty after the bloc’s top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and …

European Union’s competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google
5 months, 3 weeks ago

European Union’s competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google

The Hindu  

The European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry, including taking a fresh look into Microsoft's multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, a top EU official said Friday. The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, started reviewing the deal last year to see whether it broke EU merger rules but dropped it after concluding Microsoft hadn't gained control of …

European Union’s competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google
5 months, 3 weeks ago

European Union’s competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry, including taking a fresh look into Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, a top EU official said Friday. We stand ready to respond to any additional questions the European Commission may have.” “We support the Commission’s goal of keeping the AI industry competitive and innovative, and look …

Microsoft hit with EU antitrust charge over Teams app
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Microsoft hit with EU antitrust charge over Teams app

The Hindu  

Microsoft faces a hefty antitrust fine after the European Commission on Tuesday accused it of illegally linking its chat and video app Teams with its Office product. Two decades after Microsoft's last EU fine, the EU competition watchdog's latest action was triggered by a 2020 complaint from rival workspace messaging app Slack, owned by Salesforce. The European Commission, which acts …

European Union Investigates Tech Giants Apple, Google, Meta Under New Digital Law
8 months, 4 weeks ago

European Union Investigates Tech Giants Apple, Google, Meta Under New Digital Law

News 18  

The EU on Monday hit Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Meta with the first ever probes under a mammoth digital law, which could lead to big fines against the US giants. Since March 7, six of the world’s biggest tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok owner ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft — have had to comply with the EU’s landmark …

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening
8 months, 4 weeks ago

EU opens probe into Apple, Google and Meta aiming to reign in Big Tech: What's happening

Hindustan Times  

EU antitrust regulators opened their first investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms claiming potential breaches of landmark EU tech rules. The EU executive said in a statement as per news agency Reuters, “The Commission suspects that the measures put in place by these gatekeepers fall short of effective compliance of their obligations under …

EU to investigate Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law
8 months, 4 weeks ago

EU to investigate Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law

Al Jazeera  

Antitrust regulators will probe the Big Tech companies for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act. European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Meta, in the first cases under a sweeping digital law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive, said on Monday that it was …

EU re-imposes $400 mln fine on Intel for abuse of market power
1 year, 3 months ago

EU re-imposes $400 mln fine on Intel for abuse of market power

The Hindu  

The European Commission on Friday said it had re-imposed a fine of 376.36 million euros on Intel for a previously established abuse of its dominant position in the market for computer chips. The decision follows a partial annulment by the EU's General Court in 2022 of a 1.06 billion euro fine the Commission imposed on Intel in 2009 for trying …

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 bln EU antitrust fine
1 year, 3 months ago

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 bln EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort at Europe's top court to overturn a 2.42 billion euro EU antitrust fine imposed for market abuse related to its shopping service, saying that regulators failed to show that its practices were anti-competitive. Google lawyer Thomas Graf said the European Commission had failed to show that the company's different treatment of rivals …

Google appeals huge Android antitrust fine to EU's top court
2 years ago

Google appeals huge Android antitrust fine to EU's top court

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google is challenging a record …

Google to appeal Android fine at Europe's top court
2 years, 1 month ago

Google to appeal Android fine at Europe's top court

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google will appeal its record 4.1-billion-euro EU antitrust fine at Europe's top court after a lower tribunal threw out its challenge last month, the U.S. tech giant said on Thursday. The Luxembourg-based General Court broadly backed the European Commission's 2018 decision but pruned the fine to 4.125 billion euros from 4.34 billion euros. Judges agreed with the European …

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter
2 years, 2 months ago

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter

The Hindu  

More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. The European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros five years ago and told the firm to stop favouring its shopping …

Apple wins a significant cut in 1.1 billion euro French antitrust fine
2 years, 2 months ago

Apple wins a significant cut in 1.1 billion euro French antitrust fine

The Hindu  

A French court on Thursday substantially lowered a fine against iPhone maker Apple Inc. for alleged anti-competitive behaviour to 372 million euros from 1.1 billion euros previously, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The original fine had been imposed by France's antitrust watchdog in 2020 for what it described as Apple's anti-competitive behaviour towards its distribution and …

EU court largely upholds USD 4 billion Google Android antitrust fine
2 years, 3 months ago

EU court largely upholds USD 4 billion Google Android antitrust fine

Firstpost  

The court said that “in order better to reflect the gravity and duration of the infringement”, it’s appropriate to give Google a fine of 4.125 billion euros, according to a press summary of the decision London: One of the European Union’s highest courts has largely upheld the bloc’s biggest-ever antitrust fine, issued to Google by the bloc’s competition enforcers in …

EU court largely upholds $4B Google Android antitrust fine
2 years, 3 months ago

EU court largely upholds $4B Google Android antitrust fine

Associated Press  

LONDON — A top court largely rejected Google’s appeal of a record European Union antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The European Court of Justice’s General Court mostly confirmed a 2018 decision by the EU’s executive Commission to slap Google with a fine of more than 4 …

Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine, to pay 4.125 billion Euros
2 years, 3 months ago

Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine, to pay 4.125 billion Euros

Firstpost  

In 2018, a court in EU fined Google to the tune of 4.3 billion Euros. The second-highest court of the European Union overwhelmingly upheld the EU’s record fine against Google over its alleged misconduct in providing its Android operating system for mobile phones. So now, instead of 4.3 billion Euros, Google will need to pay 4.125 billion Euros In a …

EU court largely upholds $4 billion Google Android antitrust fine
2 years, 3 months ago

EU court largely upholds $4 billion Google Android antitrust fine

The Hindu  

A top court largely rejected Google's appeal of a record European Union antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The European Court of Justice's General Court mostly confirmed a 2018 decision by the EU's executive Commission to slap Google with a fine of more than 4 billion euros. …

EU likely to bolster Apple probe with new evidence, no new charges
2 years, 5 months ago

EU likely to bolster Apple probe with new evidence, no new charges

The Hindu  

EU antitrust regulators are set to beef up an investigation into Apple, triggered by Spotify, with new evidence but not new charges, in the hope of speeding up the case, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission last year told the iPhone maker that its App Store rules, which require developers to use its own in-app payment system …

Intel seeks $624 million in interest from EU after antitrust fine win
2 years, 6 months ago

Intel seeks $624 million in interest from EU after antitrust fine win

The Hindu  

U.S. chipmaker Intel has filed a claim for 593 million euros in interest from the European Commission, five months after it convinced Europe's second-top court to scrap a 1.06-billion-euro EU antitrust fine, an EU filing showed on Monday. Europe's top court paved the way for such damage demands last year in a landmark ruling which ordered the EU executive to …

Qualcomm gets a breathing space in EU
2 years, 6 months ago

Qualcomm gets a breathing space in EU

The Hindu  

Qualcomm and Apple entered into an agreement a decade ago. The initial contract and its subsequent renewal made clear that the chip maker would stop making payments to Apple if the iPhone maker sells its mobile devices with a chipset supplied by a Qualcomm rival. “These payments were not just reductions in price – they were made on the condition …

Qualcomm Wins Fight Against $1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine
2 years, 6 months ago

Qualcomm Wins Fight Against $1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine

News 18  

LUXEMBOURG:U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday won its fight against a 997 million euro fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators four years ago, dealing a major setback to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's crackdown on Big Tech. The European Commission in its 2018 decision said Qualcomm paid billions of dollars to Apple from 2011 to 2016 to use only its chips …

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 7 months ago

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Monday urged Europe's second-highest court to dismiss a 1.49-billion-euro fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising. The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had abused its dominance to stop websites using brokers other than its AdSense platform which provided search adverts. The EU competition enforcer's …

EU officials agree on rules to rein in Big Tech dominance
2 years, 8 months ago

EU officials agree on rules to rein in Big Tech dominance

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union officials agreed Thursday on a landmark provisional agreement aimed at clamping down on the biggest online companies, dubbed digital “gatekeepers,” by laying out a list of dos and don’ts. With those rules, the bloc is seeking to prevent tech giants like Google, Meta and Apple from dominating digital markets, a change from its previous practice of …

EU court annuls Intel’s 2009 billion euro antitrust fine
2 years, 10 months ago

EU court annuls Intel’s 2009 billion euro antitrust fine

Associated Press  

LONDON — Chipmaker Intel scored a decisive legal victory Wednesday in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after a court reversed itself and threw out a billion-euro antitrust fine issued more than a decade ago. The EU’s General Court annulled the 1.06 billion euro fine that competition regulators issued Intel in 2009 for allegedly using illegal sales tactics …

Google launches fresh appeal to overturn $2.8 billion fine at top EU court
2 years, 11 months ago

Google launches fresh appeal to overturn $2.8 billion fine at top EU court

The Hindu  

Google is filing an appeal at the European Union's top court against an earlier decision to uphold a $2.8 billion antitrust fine, a spokesperson for the Alphabet unit said late on Thursday, the company's second bid to overturn the penalty. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager fined the world's most popular internet search engine in 2017 over the use of its …

Italy's antitrust regulator fines Google, Apple over data use
3 years ago

Italy's antitrust regulator fines Google, Apple over data use

The Hindu  

Italy's antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet's Google and iPhone maker Apple 10 million euros each for "aggressive practices" linked to the commercial use of user data. The authority said in statement the two tech groups did not provide "clear and immediate information" on how they collect and use the data of those who access their services. "We provide industry-leading transparency …

Google loses appeal of huge EU fine over shopping searches
3 years, 1 month ago

Google loses appeal of huge EU fine over shopping searches

Associated Press  

LONDON — A top European Union court on Wednesday rejected Google’s appeal of a 2.4 billion euro fine from regulators who found the tech giant abused its massive online reach by giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage in search results. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s top competition watchdog, punished Google in 2017 for unfairly directing visitors to …

Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling
3 years, 1 month ago

Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google lost an appeal to a 2.42-billion-euro European antitrust decision on Wednesday, a major win for the bloc’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager in the first of three court rulings that will strengthen the EU's push to regulate big tech. "The General Court largely dismisses Google's action against the decision of the Commission finding that Google abused its dominant …

Google tells court ‘staggering’ $5 billion EU antitrust fine flawed
3 years, 2 months ago

Google tells court ‘staggering’ $5 billion EU antitrust fine flawed

The Hindu  

A 4.34 billion euro European Union antitrust fine was based on flawed calculations, Alphabet's Google said on Thursday, urging Europe's second-highest court to scrap or reduce what it said was not an appropriate penalty. "The fine that was imposed, a staggering 4.34 billion euros, was not appropriate," Google's lawyer Genevra Forwood told the five-judge panel of the General Court on …

Google, in fight against record EU fine, slams regulators for ignoring Apple
3 years, 2 months ago

Google, in fight against record EU fine, slams regulators for ignoring Apple

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Monday criticised EU antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro fine related to its Android operating system. "The Commission shut its eyes to the real competitive dynamic in this industry, that between Apple and Android," Google's lawyer Matthew Pickford told the …

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case
3 years, 2 months ago

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google headed to a top European Union court Monday to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition through the dominance of its Android operating system. The bundle contains 11 apps, including YouTube, Maps and Gmail, but regulators focused on the three that had the biggest market share: Google Search, Chrome and the company’s Play Store …

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case
3 years, 2 months ago

Google in court to appeal EU’s 2018 Android antitrust case

The Hindu  

Google is heading to a top European Union court Monday to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition through the dominance of its Android operating system. The bundle contains 11 apps, including YouTube, Maps and Gmail, but regulators focused on the three that had the biggest market share: Google Search, Chrome and the company’s Play Store for …

Amazon wins EU court fight over $300 million tax ruling
3 years, 7 months ago

Amazon wins EU court fight over $300 million tax ruling

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — In the latest setback to European Union efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance, a court on Wednesday annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between Amazon and Luxembourg’s government amounted to illegal state support. But judges at the EU’s General Court said the European Commission didn’t prove “to the requisite legal standard that there …

EU to hit Apple with antitrust charge this week
3 years, 7 months ago

EU to hit Apple with antitrust charge this week

The Hindu  

EU antitrust regulators are set to charge iPhone maker Apple this week with blocking rivals on its App Store following a complaint by music streaming service Spotify, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The move, the first EU antitrust charge against Apple, could lead to a fine as much as 10% of Apple's global revenue and changes …

Qualcomm loses fight against EU antitrust regulators' data demand
3 years, 10 months ago

Qualcomm loses fight against EU antitrust regulators' data demand

The Hindu  

Qualcomm on Thursday lost its fight against a data demand from EU antitrust regulators after Europe's top court reaffirmed the regulators' right to see it, in a case that has already landed the company a242-million-euro fine. Qualcomm's run-ins with the Commission have seen it receive total fines of 1.2 billion euros in two cases in the last three years for …

Amazon sues EU antitrust regulators for letting Italian case go ahead
3 years, 11 months ago

Amazon sues EU antitrust regulators for letting Italian case go ahead

The Hindu  

Amazon is suing EU antitrust regulators for allowing the Italian competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the U.S. online retail giant over the way it selects sellers, arguing that this should be wrapped into an EU investigation. Amazon took its case to the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second-highest, on Tuesday, asking it to annul the EU's decision to …

EU move vs Amazon is latest in string of tech crackdowns
4 years, 1 month ago

EU move vs Amazon is latest in string of tech crackdowns

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union’s move to charge Amazon over alleged antitrust behavior is the bloc’s latest crackdown on U.S. tech giants. ___ APPLE June 2020: EU Commission opens two investigations into Apple’s mobile app store and payment platform over concerns its practices distort competition by limiting choice and innovation and keeping prices high. ___ GOOGLE 2020: The EU commission …

EU files antitrust charges against Amazon over use of data
4 years, 1 month ago

EU files antitrust charges against Amazon over use of data

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data from companies that sell products on its platform to gain an unfair advantage over them. The EU’s executive Commission also opened a second investigation Tuesday into whether Amazon favors product offers and merchants that use its own logistics and …

US antitrust crackdown on Google echoes Europe's moves
4 years, 2 months ago

US antitrust crackdown on Google echoes Europe's moves

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Google got its first EU antitrust penalty in 2017, …

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