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France suing Google, Apple over mobile developer contract terms

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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the country will take Apple and Google to court over mobile developer contracts. The move is seen as protecting French software developers against “abusive trade practices.” Le Maire reportedly said that there were “significant imbalances” in contractual relationships between the two companies and their developer customers. This almost goes […]

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Google’s antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors tell European Commission

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Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displaying

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A German court has ruled that Google is not required to pre-screen websites for defamation before displaying them in search results. This ruling comes from the German Federal Court of Justice, the country’s highest court. The plaintiffs in the case had sought to force Google to filter out websites that displayed allegedly defamatory content about

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In response to EU antitrust ruling, Google Shopping now shows ads from competing shopping engines

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Edible Arrangements files $209M trademark suit against Google

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Google is being sued in federal district court in Connecticut by the company behind Edible Arrangements for trademark infringement and unfair competition. The central claim is that when users search for “Edible Arrangements” (or versions of that name), they’re seeing product ads for competitors, such as 1-800-Flowers. The company is seeking more than $200 million in

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Federal Election Commission proposal toughens political ads disclosure rules

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The nature of political advertising is manipulation and deception. This was taken to extremes in 2016 as fake news and ads from outside actors and extremist groups sought to manipulate public opinion and influence the presidential election. Now, with Russia expected to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is considering

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Links to competing shopping engines in UK Google Shopping results

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How’s that “inclusive” new look for Google Shopping results in the EU coming along? Kind of strangely, it seems. Last summer, the European Commission fined Google nearly $3 billion for favoring its own shopping content in search results and hurting competition. The Commission ordered the company to deliver a solution that offers “equal treatment” to

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Google, Getty Images enter a multi-year global licensing partnership

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Late last week, Google parent Alphabet and Getty Images announced a sweeping partnership that effectively ends a long-standing copyright and antitrust dispute between Getty and Google, which was filed in early 2016. The newly announced deal was characterized by Getty as “a multi-year global licensing partnership, enabling Google to use Getty Images’ content within its

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Google EU shopping rivals complain antitrust remedies aren’t working

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In the wake of the European Commission’s $2.7 billion antitrust fine against Google last year, the company opened up product listing ads (PLAs) to rival comparison shopping services. It also pledged to operate Google Shopping as though it were a stand-alone entity and to provide “equal treatment” for rivals. Implementing that program resulted in a

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