by Kevin Coates | Sep 7, 2013 | News from around the Web
From Law360: Competition: DOJ Wins Monitor, New E-Books Deals In Apple Injunction “A federal judge ordered Apple Inc. on Thursday to renegotiate its distribution agreements with five publishers it allegedly conspired with to fix e-book prices and to abide by an external compliance monitor but refused to put limits on the iPad maker’s dealings in other types of...
by Kevin Coates | Sep 3, 2013 | News from around the Web
From Chillin’Competition: Déjà vu? Microsoft announces Skype’s integration in Windows ” On 15 August Microsoft announced on a blog post that Skype will come installed by default in Windows 8.1, and that it will be prominently displayed in its “Start” Menu (see Skype-right from (the) “Start”) The news appears to have surprised many, who have publicly wondered whether Microsoft is actively looking for antitrust trouble...
by Kevin Coates | Aug 29, 2013 | News from around the Web
From FOSS Patents: Follow-up on New Zealand: patent offices and judges don’t interpret patent law like geeks do “”
by Kevin Coates | Aug 29, 2013 | News from around the Web
From FOSS Patents: New Zealand Parliament adopts UK approach to software patents, allows broad swaths of them “”
by Kevin Coates | Aug 28, 2013 | News from around the Web
From Law360: Competition: E-Book Judge Threatens Apple With Outside Monitor “The judge who oversaw the Apple Inc. e-book price-fixing trial indicated Tuesday that she would likely appoint an external monitor to review its internal antitrust policy, saying the company showed a “blatant” disregard for the...