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European Commission investigates allegations that Google acted ‘anti-competitively’ in ranking of rivals’ sites on its natural search results

26 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission is investigating allegations that Google has acted anti-competitively over the way it has been ranking search results. Three businesses have complained to the Commission that their...

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Intellectual Property: McDonald’s eats IP up

2 February 2010 | Mark Weston

In 2008, a teenager from Chicago (Lauren McClusky) applied to register the name McFest at the US Patent & Trademark Office. She cited the use of “Mc” as linked to the Mc in her own surname. For the...

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Safeway’s legal action against ex-directors and employees stands real prospects of success, rules High Court – Safeway v Twigger, High Court

25 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The High Court has given Safeway the go-ahead to continue its legal action against its ex-directors and employees for alleged breaches of competition law. The Office of Fair Trading believes that some...

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European Commission to publicly give companies clean bill of health if investigations don’t turn up much incriminating evidence

11 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission is planning to publicly give its reasons for closing proceedings or rejecting complaints if it does not find sufficient incriminating evidence to take investigations or prosecutions...

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Sun comes from the East and West, so M-Tech loses parallel import case – Sun v M-Tech, High Court

7 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

M-Tech was a parallel importer of Sun Microsystems’ computer hardware products, meaning it bought products with Sun’s registered trade marks on in one country and re-sold them in the UK at a profit....

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Microsoft settles 10 year competition fight with European Commission

22 December 2009 | Mark Weston

Microsoft and the European commission have ended 10 years of fighting with an agreement over Microsoft’s alleged bundling of its Internet Explorer browser software with its Windows operating system....

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