Here you will find all the articles with the tag: unfair competition.
The European Union’s landmark rules requiring US Big tech to share information with rivals could risk the companies’ intellectual property and trade secrets. Who thinks that? The US government, at the behest of Big Tech. In a document seen by Reuters, the gatekeepers who control all the data... Read more
2 years ago
EU antitrust watchdogs are following up on a complaint made by Slack Technologies, claiming that Microsoft’s Teams (a Slack rival) which Redmond integrated with its Office product gives it greater power in the concerned market. Reuters saw a questionnaire sent to rivals by the European Commiss... Read more
3 years ago
Germany’s antitrust watchdog announced that it has opened an investigation into whether Amazon, the US retail giant, is leveraging its market dominance in unfair and illegal ways. The Federal Cartel Office said that the first step for the watchdog will be to look into whether Amazon is “of outs... Read more
3 years ago
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in Britain has announced that it is launching an investigation into Apple's App Store policies. The competition authority is questioning Apple's requirements for app payments. In a message on the British government's website, the CMA says developers ar... Read more
3 years ago
In the process of putting some reins on the power wielded by US Big Tech companies, EU lawmakers have told Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Alphabet that they are willing to push the proposed February 1 hearing to two months later. The European Parliament invited the CEOs of the four biggest tech co... Read more
3 years ago
Amazon is suing the EU's antitrust regulators for allowing Italy's competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the US-based online retail behemoth. The Italian case concerns the way Amazon selects its sellers. Now, the company is arguing that this investigation should be included in the EU'... Read more
3 years ago
The two biggest players in online advertisement, Google and Facebook, have been involved in a series of deals to consolidate their hold on the market illegally by sharing data. The allegation comes from Texas and nine other states, accusing Google and Facebook of giving each other perks to dominate... Read more
3 years ago
The EU has charged Amazon for thwarting competition in the online shopping market. The company is said to have an unfair advantage over third parties selling through Amazon when selling its own products through its platform. According to the European Commission, Amazon uses the data and statisti... Read more
3 years ago
Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google after the removal of Fortnite from their app stores. This is because Epic introduced a new feature to offer in-app purchases, which means Apple and Google are missing out on revenue. Epic Games announced the new billing system on Thursday. Deve... Read more
4 years ago
