All Entries Tagged With: "lawsuits"
Google Accuses Microsoft of Encouraging Complaints And Antitrust Suits
Google has told the Wall Street Journal that it suspects that Microsoft is encouraging small firms to file complaints and antitrust lawsuits against it, as a way to engage both companies in a proxy war. Google also fears that Microsoft is preparing itself to strike with a larger antitrust attack on it. Google’s paranoia has been inspired by an increasing number of complaints and antitrust suits from small firms around the world that are related to Microsoft in various ways.
Just last week, the European Union started an antitrust investigation into Google, after three small companies from throughout Europe filed complaints against the Mountain View-based search giant. It’s important to note that one of the companies properly called Ciao! from Bing is a subsidiary of Microsoft, and another one is directly related to the Redmond-based company. Ciao! has been around for a while and never really had a problem with the way Google search was managed, until now that Microsoft acquired it.
Verizon and AT&T Drop “There’s a Map For That” Lawsuit
It looks like the two major wireless providers, AT&T and Verizon, have finally come to their senses. The two are dropping the lawsuits relating to the now-famous “There’s a map for that” advertisements Verizon put out not long ago. AT&T claimed the ad was misleading, whereas Verizon claimed that it was just the truth — which it was.
It’s a fairly smart move on behalf of AT&T, considering the company likely knew there was no contest, and the lawsuit was filed purely with spite. If anything, the lawsuit just put the public’s focus on AT&T’s 3G coverage even more so than previously.
More as we find out.
