anticompetitive

American Ups Ante In Dispute

Doug Cameron, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

American Airlines escalated its dispute with some of its key ticket sellers, suing Travelport LP and Orbitz Worldwide Inc. for damages and seeking a permanent injunction against alleged anticompetitive practices.

Qualcomm Faces Fresh EU Antitrust Probe

Peppi Kiviniemi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 17, 2010 at 8:32 am PT

U.S. mobile-phone chip maker Qualcomm Inc. is facing a new antitrust investigation by the European Commission, the company said Thursday. “We understand that matters are at a very preliminary stage and we are currently reviewing the allegations,” Qualcomm said in a statement.

Google to U.S. Economy: You’re Welcome

John Paczkowski in News on May 25, 2010 at 12:20 pm PT

How much was Google worth to the United States economy in 2009? $54 billion. This according to the search sovereign itself, which released a paper today quantifying its economic impact on the country, state by state.

Microsoft to Google: Quit Whining Ya Big Baby

John Paczkowski in News on February 26, 2010 at 4:00 pm PT

Microsoft may be quietly chuckling over the European Commission’s decision to look into antitrust complaints against Google, but it’s not going to take credit for it. In a post to the company Web site, Dave Heiner, Microsoft vice president and deputy general counsel, took issue with Google’s suggestion last week that two companies with ties to Microsoft are driving this thing.

DOJ on Google Book Settlement: Get Me Another Rewrite

John Paczkowski in News on February 5, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

The Department of Justice still isn’t sold on the Google Books settlement agreement. In a brief filed late Thursday, the DOJ said that significant legal problems remain despite the considerable changes Google, publishers and authors have made to it.

Intel, AMD Announce Dual Core Litigation Settlement

John Paczkowski in News on November 12, 2009 at 6:36 am PT

Wow. Intel and AMD’s seemingly endless legal battles have finally ended. The two companies said early Thursday that they have reached a comprehensive agreement that resolves their many antitrust and patent disputes. Under its terms, Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion and agree to “abide by a set of business practice provisions” presumably crafted to temper its alleged anticompetitive practices.

AMD Not Above Gloating Over Intel Legal Troubles

John Paczkowski in News on November 12, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

AMD has been carping about Intel’s alleged anticompetitive acts without satisfaction for so long that the company evidently feels entitled to a bit of gloating now that its rival has found itself in the legal crosshairs of the European Union and New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, among others. In remarks made during AMD Financial Analyst Day, CEO Dirk Meyer said that Intel’s current legal woes “ratify” AMD’s allegations.

Great Move, EC. Now We Have to Download IE Ourselves…

John Paczkowski in News on June 12, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

What a brilliant move. The European Commission claims Microsoft’s practice of bundling Internet Explorer with Windows violates European competition laws, so the company strips IE out of European versions of Windows 7. Now the Commission can’t argue that Microsoft’s behavior distorts fair competition in the browser market because, well, there’s no browser.