John Paczkowski in News on February 10 at 11:40 am PT
Tech companies plotting to use standards essential patents to bolster their market power best think twice before doing so.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 12, 2011 at 10:05 am PT
You’d think European Union officials might have other things to worry about, but …
John Paczkowski in Mobile on November 22, 2011 at 10:26 am PT
Looks like Apple’s sprawling intellectual property battle with Samsung could draw some unwanted attention from the European Union Competition Commission.
John Paczkowski in News on May 12, 2011 at 1:21 pm PT
Microsoft has established a new beachhead in its semantic set-to with Apple and rallied some new allies to its fight against genericide. On Thursday it challenged Apple’s rights to the trademarks “App Store” and “Appstore” in the European market, filing a formal application for declaration of invalidity in the EU’s Community Trade Mark office.
John W. Miller, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 12, 2011 at 11:47 am PT
The European Union’s top advisory body on online privacy will issue an opinion this month saying that information collected by phone and Internet companies on customer locations must be treated like names, birthdays and other personal data, EU officials say.
John Paczkowski in News on February 8, 2011 at 11:30 am PT
Eric Schmidt recently joked in a tweet that he was stepping down as Google CEO because the company’s younger co-founders no longer needed “adult supervision.” Or wanted it–at least not the kind that Schmidt’s been offering recently, which was on display once again today in yet another PR gaffe.
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Voices in News on February 7, 2011 at 10:32 am PT
Google has
begun preliminary talks with European Union regulators in an effort to resolve an antitrust investigation that began in November, according to a source cited by Reuters today. The probe was launched after competitors charged that Google was using its dominant position in search to favor its own services in its result rankings.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 21, 2010 at 11:41 am PT
U.S. regulators have approved Intel’s pending acquisition of software security vendor McAfee. Still to go: The European Union.
Kimberly Peterson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 15, 2010 at 11:50 am PT
A new business attempting to help small retailers minimize shoplifting by harnessing the power of the Internet with existing security camera technology is showing some initial results as it works to improve stability and reliability.
Internet Eyes is meant to help small stores that have CCTV installed but that lack the manpower to monitor the video feeds constantly.
