Apple is poised to face a U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit as soon as March, Bloomberg News reports citing “people familiar with the case.” Apple…
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Apple wants $73.4 million from Epic Games for legal expenses
Apple wants a United States District Court to mandate that Epic Games to pay $73.4 million in legal fees after Apple won the antitrust case…
Google Play antitrust settlement deal leaves service fees intact
Alphabet’s agreement to pay $700 million to consumers and states and open the Google Play Store to competition will leave intact…
Google pays Apple 36% of its Safari search advertising revenue
Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser, the main economics expert…
Alphabet CEO defends paying Apple to make Google Safari’s default search engine
Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice…
DOJ’s antitrust case to break up Google hinges on four iPhone Taps and a swipe
The core of the U.S. DOJ’s argument that Google is an illegal monopoly is a process that involves four taps and a swipe on an iPhone…
French app developers drop U.S. Apple antitrust lawsuit
A group of French app developers that accused Apple of overcharging them to participate in its App Store have dropped their lawsuit…
Russian court rejects Apple appeal over App Store antitrust charge
A Russian court rejected Apple’s appeal against the alleged abuse of its dominant market position in terms of in-app payments…
A full-blown Apple search engine may be closer than you think
A full-blown Apple search engine to compete with Alphabet subsidiary Google may be closer than you think as Cupertino…
Microsoft pondered selling Bing search engine to Apple in 2020
Microsoft discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option…
Judge orders Apple to face Apple Pay antitrust lawsuit
A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered Apple to face a private antitrust lawsuit by payment card issuers accusing the company of thwarting…
Microsoft complains that Apple used Bing as a ‘bargaining chip’ in Google negotiations
A Microsoft executive complained that when it came to the search-engine wars with Alphabet subsidiary Google, the company’s Bing was…
U.S. FTC files antitrust lawsuit against Amazon
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, and asked the court to consider…
Why does Google pay Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine?
Google pays Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine because iPhone users are…
Apple execs Eddy Cue and John Giannandrea set to testify in DOJ’s Google search trial
Two of Apple’s highest-ranking executives will testify in the U.S. Department of Justice’s trial against Alphabet subsidiary Google …
Google Maps lost 60% of its mobile traffic when Apple Maps became iPhone’s default
Apple Maps became iPhone’s default in 2012. By 2014, Google Maps has lost at least 60% of its mobile traffic…
DOJ antitrust trial focuses on the billions Google pays Apple to be Safari’s default search engine
The Department of Justice’s case against Alphabet-subsidiary Google is the first test of Silicon Valley’s dominance since it took action against…
Spain antitrust watchdog fines Apple and Amazon $218 million
Spain’s antitrust watchdog, CNMC, fined Amazon and Apple a total of €194.1 million ($218.03 million) on Tuesday for colluding to limit the…
Apple to argue against EU antitrust charge at hearing triggered by Spotify
Apple will argue against a revised EU antitrust charge and a possible fine on Friday. The charge alleges that Apple prevents music streaming…
Japan looks to force Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone
The Japanese government is looking to force Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone and, presumably, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV…
EU antitrust bureaucrats seeking more info on Apple Pay
EU antitrust bureaucrats are seeking more information on Apple Pay, the company’s mobile payment system, the European Commission said;
Tribunal quashes UK antitrust regulator’s appeal to investigate Apple
The UK’s antitrust regulator was refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it had no power to open an investigation into Apple…
Apple hails ‘resounding victory’ as appeals court affirms sanctity of walled garden
In a resounding victory, Apple won an appeals court ruling upholding its App Store’s policies in an antitrust challenge brought by Fortnite…
Apple wins appeal in Epic Games antitrust challenge, App Store policies upheld by court
Apple has won an appeals court ruling upholding its App Store’s policies in an antitrust challenge brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games…
France eyes antitrust action against Apple
The French Competition Authority is likely to move forward soon with an antitrust investigation into Apple over complaints tied to 2021…
German antitrust regulator declares focus on Apple for curbs
Germany’s antitrust regulator has opened the door for measures to curb Apple after deciding that the company’s market dominance makes…
EU antitrust regulators narrow case against Apple’s App Store
On Tuesday, EU antitrust regulators narrowed their case against Apple, focusing on the company’s App Store rules that prevent developers…
Apple pays $12.1 million fine in Russia for alleged app market abuse
Apple has paid a 906 million rouble ($12.12 million) fine in a Russian antitrust case alleging abuse of its dominance in the mobile apps…
U.S. Department of Justice escalates Apple antitrust probe
The United States Department of Justice has ramped up work in recent months on drafting a potential antitrust complaint against Apple …
U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple
A landmark lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Alphabet’s Google subsidiary over its abusive digital advertising monopoly…
U.S. Justice Department sues Google for monopolizing digital advertising technologies
Today, the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology…
Apple faces antitrust probe from Brazil antitrust watchdog
Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade has started an investigation into Apple for alleged abuse of a dominant position…
U.S. ITC: Apple Watches with ECG infringe AliveCor patents, but import ban on hold
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) affirmed on Thursday that Apple Watches with an electrocardiogram (ECG) function…
MercadoLibre files complaints in Brazil and Mexico against Apple for ‘anti-competitive practices’
E-commerce giant MercadoLibre said on Monday it has filed complaints against Apple with antitrust regulators in Brazil and Mexico for…
Italian court accepts Apple’s appeal against watchdog fine, rejects Google’s
An Italian administrative court on Friday accepted Apple’s appeal against a decision by Italy’s antitrust authority to fine the group, but…
Fortnite-maker Epic Games vows to fight Apple antitrust ruling at appeal hearing
Fortnite-maker Epic Games on Monday will try to overturn portions of a court ruling in an antitrust trial last year that largely favored Apple…
Apple plans appeal to completely overturn already-slashed French antitrust fine
Apple on Thursday said it plans to appeal a French antitrust fine that was slashed to roughly a third of the original amount, saying the…
French court cuts antitrust fine against Apple from 1.1 billion to 372 million euros
A French court on Thursday substantially lowered a fine against Apple for alleged anti-competitive behavior to 372 million euros…
Italian court scraps antitrust fine on Apple and Amazon for alleged collusion
An Italian court scrapped a fine imposed by the country’s antitrust authority on Apple and Amazon for alleged collusion, a court document…
U.S. DOJ antitrust officials ask to join arguments in Epic Games’ appeal of a court loss against Apple
According to court documents filed Friday, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have asked to take part in oral arguments…
EU court fines Google $4.13 billion for using Android to thwart rivals
Europe’s second-highest court fined Alphabet subsidiary Google $4.13 billion for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals…
Apple and Google face anti-competitive complaint in Mexico
Apple and Alphabet subsidiary Google are facing a probe over anti-competitive practices in Mexico after the country’s former…
