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Tag: antitrust
Qualcomm president on Apple’s 5G modem ‘struggles’: They have our phone number
Apple is reportedly struggling with its effort to add 5G to next year’s iPhones…
Apple CEO Cook, other top execs to testify in Qualcomm trial
Dozens of executives and engineers are expected to take the witness stand…
Europe fines Google $1.7 billion for freezing out online advertising rivals
Europe’s antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time…
Kaspersky Lab files antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store in Russia
On March 19, Kaspersky Lab filed a complaint against Apple Inc. with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia…
Hometown San Diego jury awards Qualcomm $31.6 million in Apple case
Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc…
U.S. judge rules Qualcomm owes Apple nearly $1 billion in patent royalty rebates
A U.S. federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that Qualcomm Inc owes Apple Inc nearly $1 billion…
Apple counsel maintains claims of witness tampering in Qualcomm patent case
Apple and Qualcomm continued feuding over alleged witness tampering…
Testimony on stolen patent deals huge blow to Qualcomm’s San Diego infringement case against Apple
The ongoing Qualcomm v. Apple patent infringement trial in San Diego…
The Qualcomm v. Apple patent jury won’t get these simple, brutally honest instructions
Obviously, the jury will get nonjudgmental instructions in accordance with the law from Judge Dana M. Sabraw, but…
Qualcomm launches patent challenge to Apple ahead of antitrust case
Qualcomm Inc on Monday kicks off a patent challenge to Apple Inc, capping off a two-year legal strategy…
U.S. FTC’s Bureau of Competition launches task force to monitor technology markets
The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition announced the creation of a task force…
Patently absurd: Qualcomm charges a 5% wireless patent royalty on iPhone repairs
One of the best examples of hidden costs that we — the consumers — don’t know about, but who are the ones who have to foot the bill…
German court stays Qualcomm patent infringement suit against Apple; patent-in-suit likely invalid
The real showdown between Apple and Qualcomm will take place in San Diego starting April 15…
Apple’s workaround for German fake injunction exacerbates Qualcomm’s antitrust woes
At the end of my shareholder-value-focused analysis of Qualcomm’s $1.5 billion deposit…
Apple resumes selling iPhones in Germany, but with only Qualcomm modems
Apple said it had “no choice” but to stop using some chips from Intel Corp in iPhones headed to Germany…
South Korean Supreme Court upholds $242 million antitrust judgement against Qualcomm
US chipmaker Qualcomm has lost a lawsuit over unfair practices to maintain a monopoly in mobile communications chips…
LG Electronics joins South Korean antitrust action against Qualcomm as list of complainants continues to grow
While things slow down in Western countries between Christmas and New Year’s Day…
Google CEO Pichai denies company’s political bias in congressional hearing
Google’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai rejected claims of political bias against conservatives…
U.S. senator says privacy bill draft could arrive in early 2019
Members of U.S. Congress from both parties have criticized Facebook, Google, and Twitter over data breaches, a lack of online privacy options, and concern about political bias…
Congress to grill Google CEO about political bias; ‘Search engines can be used to suppress particular viewpoints’ – U.S. Congressman
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before Congress next Wednesday…
Antitrust, the App Store, and Apple
Whatever the Supreme Court decides matters less than what the very existence of this case says about the state of Apple and its future…
Trump administration backs Apple in U.S. Supreme Court over App Store antitrust suit
Apple was backed by Republican President Donald Trump’s administration…
Apple defends App Store fees in U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on accusations that Apple is using its market dominance…
Apple defends App Store fees as U.S. Supreme Court weighs consumer suit
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on accusations that Apple is using its market dominance…
Apple’s influence is greater than iPhone unit sales figures suggest
The iPhone may bring in more than 60 per cent of Apple’s revenues…
Tim Berners-Lee: Facebook and Google may need to be broken up
Silicon Valley technology giants such as Facebook and Google have grown so dominant they may need to be broken up…
Apple wants U.S. Supreme Court to undo previous decision regarding an antitrust suit
Apple on Monday again urged the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Ninth Circuit decision…
Google to charge Android phone peddlers for its Android apps in Europe
After receiving a record-breaking €4.34 billion fine in the EU for violating anti-trust laws…
Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday…
Facebook stock plunges as users vanish
Facebook Inc’s stock fell as much as 24 percent after hours on Wednesday over concerns…
President Trump promises action against the EU over record Google antitrust fine
President Trump has sharply criticised the European Union over the record €4.3 billion ($5.1bn) anti-trust fine…
Like Google, Apple also deserves an EU fine for anticompetitive practices or something
The European Commission had solid antitrust reasons for fining Google 4.3 billion euros…
Why Google owes the European Union $5 billion
After the better part of three years’ investigation, the European Union has announced…
EU hits Google with record €4.34 billion fine for abusing market dominance
Google has been hit with a record €4.34bn (£3.8bn) fine by the European Union for abusing…
Moment of truth for Google as record EU antitrust fine looms
Google is set to face a record-busting EU antitrust fine this week over its Android mobile operating system…
Japan FTC clears Apple of suspicions of iPhone antitrust violations
Apple Inc. and its Japan arm have reviewed their iPhone delivery contracts with three major domestic carriers…
Silicon Valley execs will convene in San Francisco to discuss privacy
Privacy and government affairs officers from a number of the largest tech companies plan to convene..
U.S. FTC to examine tech platforms like Google and Facebook as major part of competition review via public hearings
The Federal Trade Commission will examine the questions surrounding powerful tech platforms like Google and Facebook…
U.S. Supreme Court will decide if Apple’s App Store is an anti-competitive monopoly
The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case from Apple that could determine how antitrust complaints are handled…
U.S. Supreme Court to consider Apple appeal in antitrust suit over App Store prices
Apple, backed by the Trump administration, says it can’t be sued because the commission…
The Boston Globe Editorial Board: Break up Google
Never in the history of the world has a single company had so much control over what people know and think…
