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• EU's antitrust regulators set March 28 as a deadline to decide Google's acquisition of Photomath , a Croatia-based maths app that uses a phone camera or scientific calculator to recognize and explain math problems. European Commission filing said the regulators can either clear the deal after the initial review or open a four-month-long probe if it has serious concerns.
23 Şub 2023
• The EU is set to investigate Amazon's proposed acquisition of Roomba-maker iRobot for $1.7 billion, citing privacy concerns for launching an antitrust case, the Financial Times reported. The report said that antitrust regulators are likely to launch the probe over Roomba's ability to take pictures as it moves around a home. via FT
16 Şub 2023
• Adobe needs an EU antitrust approval in order to acquire the cloud-based designer platform Figma for $20 billion, even though the deal falls short of the EU turnover threshold for a review, the bloc's regulators said. The bloc's move underlines regulator's worries on Big Tech acquiring their smaller rivals and its impact on market competition.
16 Şub 2023
• Google failed to avert a 13 billion rupee (€148mn) fine in an appeal to India’s Supreme Court in an antitrust case, which charged the company with abusing its dominant market position for its Android mobile operating system. The court delayed the Jan. 19 implementation of the directives of The Competition Commission of India (CCI) by one week but declined to block them. A step back: The CCI said in October that Google had strengthened its position through anti-comp...Devamını Oku
20 Oca 2023
• An Indian tribunal rejected Google's attempt to prevent the country's competition watchdog from penalizing the company for "abusing its dominant position" in Android devices, the Financial Times reported. The tribunal, NCLAT, rejected Google from trying to block a $162 million antitrust fine and ordered Google to deposit 10% of the watchdog's total fine — while agreeing to consider the tech giant's appeal against the order.
05 Oca 2023
• Google said India's antitrust watchdog copied parts of the EU ruling against the tech company for exploiting its market dominance such as online search and the Android operating system, arguing that the Competition Commission of India should quash the decision. In its filing to an Indian tribunal, Google argued that CCI's probe unit "copy-pasted extensively from a European Commission decision, deploying evidence from Europe that was not examined in India." vi...Devamını Oku
04 Oca 2023
• Meta responded to the concerns of Germany's antitrust regulator by allowing its VR headset to be used without a Facebook account, the office said. After declaring Meta's new move was of "paramount significance for competition across markets" back in May, the regulator said the tech giant will allow the device to be used with a separate Meta account, clearing the path for selling its product in Germany.
24 Kas 2022
• Sony has more exclusive games than Xbox does, and many of its first-party titles "are better quality," Microsoft said in a court filing with the UK's antitrust regulator that was dated Oct. 31 but has recently been made publicly available. The Competition and Markets Authority is conducting an in-depth review of Microsoft's planned Activision Blizzard acquisition.
24 Kas 2022
• The UK's competition regulator is investigating whether US chipmaker Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of cloud computing company VMware may substantially lessen competition, as tech deals continue to draw intense scrutiny. The Broadcom-VMware deal, announced in May, is the second biggest globally so far this year. The companies are also seeking EU antitrust approval.
22 Kas 2022
• Meta is facing a UK lawsuit that demands the company to stop harvesting personal data for targeted advertisements, challenging Facebook's "surveillance advertising" at the heart of its business model. The case adds to a series of regulatory and legal risks that Meta faces in Europe, from trans-Atlantic data flows to antitrust actions in Germany and the UK.
22 Kas 2022