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<title>Motorola issued EU warning for FRAND patent abuse against Apple</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/06/motorola.suffers.major.setback.in.frand.patent.case.against.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366848316_motomob-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Motorola has been &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/284960==http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-406_en.htm" rel='nofollow'&gt;issued a formal warning&lt;/a&gt; by the European Commission for potential FRAND patent abuse against Apple in a case underway in Germany. The EU Commission has formed a preliminary view that Google-owned company's case against Apple violates ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>European Commission seeks Google search proposal comments</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/25/feedback.requested.on.search.labeling.agreement/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355208934_googlesign-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The European Commission has opened itself up to comments from Google's competitors, concerning how the search giant should display links to rival services next to its own. The feedback &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/284255==http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-371_en.htm" rel='nofollow'&gt;request&lt;/a&gt; comes after Google &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/r...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google settles with European Commission over antitrust probe</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/15/google.agrees.to.label.search.results.links.to.competitors/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/europeancommissionthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has struck a deal with the European Commission, in order to end a &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/283388==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/11/almunia.critical.of.ftc.settlement.restates.previous.position/" rel='nofollow'&gt;two-year antitrust investigation&lt;/a&gt; into its search practices, according to a report. The legally binding agreement will see G...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>France to ask EU to investigate Apple over AppGratis rejection</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/11/french.developer.admitted.to.breaking.apples.guidelines/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365719024_France-AppGratis-merde-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Calling Apple's decision to &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/283192==http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/08/favored.paying.partners.used.push.notifications.for.promotion/" rel='nofollow'&gt;pull AppGratis out of the App Store&lt;/a&gt; for its violation of the rules "extremely brutal and unilateral," a junior minister for the digital economy in France has said sh...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google formally submits European Commission antitrust proposal</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/11/proposal.if.accepted.will.likely.lead.to.no.fine.paid.by.search.engine/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365716026_eurocomm-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In response to the antitrust investigation by the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/283183==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/01/proposal.submitted.by.google.avoids.fines.censure/" rel='nofollow'&gt;European Commission&lt;/a&gt;, Google has formally submitted a proposal to the agency -- attempting to end a two-year investigation. The proposal, if accepted, will rep...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU regulators consider antitrust charges over iPhone deals</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/22/early.probing.underway/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1203/euflag-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European Union regulators are examining whether or not the deals Apple signs with cellphone carriers might violate antitrust laws, the &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt; reports.  Several carriers are said to have complained that Apple's arrangements hurt competition; a source for the &lt;em&gt;Times&lt;/em&gt; adds that while no formal complaints have been filed, ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU commissioner says Apple still ignoring warranty issues</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/19/says.apple.breaking.law.in.21.european.countries/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1201/euflag-5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple is still failing to tell consumers about their warranty rights in many European Union countries, says EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding.  Last September Reding sent a letter to various governments encouraging them to take action against Apple to make sure it obeyed EU warranty laws.  But the case and the responses to her letter "have highlighted rather clearly just why the Commissi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google, Opera informed EC of Microsoft browser choice lapse</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/07/competitors.revelation.cost.microsoft.730.million.dollars/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362712088_almunia-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[On the heels of The European Commission's 561 million euros ($730 million) fine &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280570==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/06/fine.for.lack.of.browser.choice.screen.in.windows.7.service.pack/" rel='nofollow'&gt;levied against Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;, documents have emerged that show that Google and Opera are responsible for informing th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft fined $730M by EU over browser choice failure</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/06/fine.for.lack.of.browser.choice.screen.in.windows.7.service.pack/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362582041_microsoftbrowserchoicescreenbigthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The European Commission has handed Microsoft a hefty fine for &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280437==http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/28/european.commission.claims.microsoft.in.violation.for.over.a.year/" rel='nofollow'&gt;not complying&lt;/a&gt; with a Commission order. The fine of 561 million euros ($730 million) stems from Microsoft failing to offer customer...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: EU Microsoft Windows browser choice fine imminent</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/02/28/european.commission.claims.microsoft.in.violation.for.over.a.year/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/europeancommissionthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Following accusations by the European Commission in October of 2012, the regulatory agency plans to fine Microsoft for continued refusal to offer a &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280114==http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/12/04/ms.would.randomize.browser.ballot/" rel='nofollow'&gt;choice of browsers&lt;/a&gt; consistently in the Windows operating system. According t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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