News tagged with antitrust case

Apple, book publishers facing potential US suit: WSJ

The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five major US publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Google's 4Q lobbying bill triples to $3.76 million

Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $3.76 million in the fourth quarter as the Internet search leader fought proposed changes to online piracy laws and sought to influence a wide range of other issues that could ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Novell's case against Microsoft goes to jury

(AP) -- A two-month trial is ending in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Justice Dept wants to put off AT&T-T-Mobile trial

(AP) -- The Justice Department said Friday it wants to withdraw or postpone its antitrust case against the proposed merger between AT&T Inc. and smaller rival T-Mobile USA now that the two companies pulled their application ...

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Calif. jury rejects Rambus antitrust claims

(AP) -- A California jury denied Rambus Inc. billions of dollars in damages as it determined that chip-makers Micron Technology Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. didn't conspire to fix prices of memory chips in order to ...

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel, FTC in talks to settle antitrust case

(AP) -- Intel Corp. and the Federal Trade Commission are in talks to settle an antitrust case against the chip maker, a move that could make it more difficult for rival chip makers to pursue damages.

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created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU: 100 million Microsoft users to choose browser

(AP) -- The European Union said Tuesday that some 100 million Europeans using Microsoft Corp. software will be asked to choose among rival Web browsers by mid-May under a deal it struck with the company to ...

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created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 19

Wis. court backs $5.6M fee award against Microsoft

(AP) -- An appeals court is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $5.6 million to a national law firm involved in a Wisconsin antitrust case against the software giant.

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EU finally about to settle Microsoft browser case

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp., which has already shelled out $2.5 billion in antitrust fines in Europe, is on the brink of closing a chapter in its long-running battle with regulators there, just in time for another ...

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2