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 in all its iPhones and iPads in order to block out rivals such as Intel Corp Qualcomm's fine is one of several imposed by Vestager on companies ranging from Alphabet unit Google to banks and truckmakers over anti-competitive practices. This is the second major defeat for Vestager who in January lost the court's backing for a 1.06 billion euro fine on Intel 12 years ago for squeezing rival Advanced Micro Devices. Vestager's next test is on Sept. 14 when the General Court will rule on Google's challenge against a record 4.34 billion euro antitrust fine levied for using its Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals.

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

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm
3 months, 3 weeks ago

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-18 23:16 Qualcomm logo is seen in this illustration taken on May 8, 2023. BRUSSELS -- US technology firm Qualcomm will have to pay a fine of 238.7 million euros for abusing its dominant position, the European Union's General Court ruled on Wednesday. The European Commission originally imposed a fine of 242 million euros on Qualcomm in …

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm
3 months, 3 weeks ago

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-18 23:16 Qualcomm logo is seen in this illustration taken on May 8, 2023. BRUSSELS -- US technology firm Qualcomm will have to pay a fine of 238.7 million euros for abusing its dominant position, the European Union's General Court ruled on Wednesday. The European Commission originally imposed a fine of 242 million euros on Qualcomm in …

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm
3 months, 3 weeks ago

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm

China Daily  

Qualcomm logo is seen in this illustration taken on May 8, 2023. BRUSSELS -- US technology firm Qualcomm will have to pay a fine of 238.7 million euros for abusing its dominant position, the European Union's General Court ruled on Wednesday. The European Commission originally imposed a fine of 242 million euros on Qualcomm in July 2019, saying it held …

Google loses EU court appeal against 2.4-bln-euro fine
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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 …

Microsoft hit with EU antitrust charge over Teams app
6 months, 2 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 …

EU to investigate Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law
9 months, 2 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 …

Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser says
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser says

Associated Press  

LONDON — A legal adviser to the European Union’s top court said Thursday that Google should pay a whopping fine in a long-running antitrust case in which regulators found the company gave its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results. In a legal opinion, Kokott also proposed upholding the 2.4 billion euro fine that the European …

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, 1 month 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, 2 months 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 …

Apple wins a significant cut in 1.1 billion euro French antitrust fine
2 years, 3 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. …

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 …

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 8 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 …

Intel scores major win as court scraps $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 11 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 …

EU court annuls Intel’s 2009 billion euro antitrust fine
2 years, 11 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 …

Google loses appeal of huge EU fine over shopping searches
3 years, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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 …

Google Is Appealing A $5 Billion Antitrust Fine In The EU
3 years, 3 months ago

Google Is Appealing A $5 Billion Antitrust Fine In The EU

NPR  

Google Is Appealing A $5 Billion Antitrust Fine In The EU Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP 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 …

Qualcomm loses fight against EU antitrust regulators' data demand
3 years, 11 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 …

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, …

Google's antitrust proposal is not helping shopping rivals: EU antitrust chief
5 years, 2 months ago

Google's antitrust proposal is not helping shopping rivals: EU antitrust chief

Firstpost  

Alphabet unit Google’s proposal to create a level playing field for price comparison shopping rivals to stave off fresh fines has not led to more traffic for its competitors, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Thursday. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager two years ago slapped Google with a 2.4-billion-euro fine for favouring its own price comparison shopping service and told it …

EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm for ’predatory pricing’
5 years, 5 months ago

EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm for ’predatory pricing’

Live Mint  

In yet another European Union move against a US tech giant, the bloc's antitrust chief on Thursday fined chipmaker Qualcomm $271 million, accusing it of "predatory pricing" to drive a competitor out of the market. EU Antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Qualcomm was abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets. "The Commission spent years investigating sales to two customers, …

Europe fines Google $1.7 billion in antitrust case
5 years, 9 months ago

Europe fines Google $1.7 billion in antitrust case

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Europe’s antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time in less than two years, ordering the tech giant to pay 1.49 billion euros for freezing out rivals in the online advertising business. But Vestager said it appeared rivals haven’t been able to catch up, and some are “quite small.” By contrast, the EU …

EU regulators fine Google €1.49 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers
5 years, 9 months ago

EU regulators fine Google €1.49 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers

The Hindu  

European Union antitrust regulators handed down a €1.49 billion fine to Google on Wednesday for blocking rival online search advertisers, marking the company’s third penalty in two years. “Today’s decision is about how Google abused its dominance to stop websites using brokers other than the AdSense platform,” Ms. Vestager said. “Advertisers and website owners, they had less choice and likely …

EU fines Google 1.49 bn euros for anti-trust breach
5 years, 9 months ago

EU fines Google 1.49 bn euros for anti-trust breach

Live Mint  

European Union regulators have hit Google with a 1.49 billion euro fine for abusing its dominant role in online advertising. It's the third time the commission has slapped Google with an antitrust penalty, following multibillion-dollar fines resulting from separate probes into two other parts of the Silicon Valley giant's business. The EU's competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, announced the results of …

EU hits Google with third antitrust fine
5 years, 9 months ago

EU hits Google with third antitrust fine

CNN  

London CNN Business — The European Union has hit Google with another big antitrust fine, the third in a series of billion-dollar penalties the US tech giant has incurred for hindering competition. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that Google had “cemented its dominance” and “shielded itself from competitive pressure” by imposing contractual restrictions on other websites. Vestager signaled that Google could …

EU likely to hit Google with third antitrust fine over competition practices
5 years, 9 months ago

EU likely to hit Google with third antitrust fine over competition practices

Firstpost  

Google is likely to be hit with EU antitrust fine next week related to its AdSense advertising service Alphabet unit Google is likely to be hit with a third EU antitrust fine next week related to its AdSense advertising service, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, with the sanction expected to be much smaller than previous fines. …

Jury rules Apple owes Qualcomm $31M for patent infringement
5 years, 9 months ago

Jury rules Apple owes Qualcomm $31M for patent infringement

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A jury has decided Apple should pay $31 million in damages for infringing on patents for technology owned by mobile chip maker Qualcomm that helps iPhones quickly connect to the internet and extend their battery life. The trial is a fragment of a legal battle involving Apple and Qualcomm, which are sparing over who invented some of …

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