This Week in Antitrust
Here's another installment in ACT's weekly review of antitrust news articles of note. This week we feature Monsanto's on-going battle to disprove DuPont's claim of the seed maker's "monopolistic" behavior, an Ohio-based company's court-ordered scrutiny of Google's AdWord service, Intel's assurance that the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit is "misguided" and a report on the decline of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser after the implementation of a browser ballot in Europe. Monsanto - The Seeds Of An Antitrust Disaster In Iowa | Forbes.com [...]
This Week in Antitrust
Yes, gentle reader, it's that time again! Today's the day you've been looking forward to all week: ACT Online's "This Week in Antitrust" Friday feature covering antitrust-related news highlights with a special focus on the microchip industry. Figuring prominently in this most recent selection of relevant and topical articles is video card superstar NVIDIA, who is pulling out all the stops in its significant support of the FTC's on-going attack of Intel and their competing Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) line of chipsets. [...]
Prices Down. Speed Up. Feb 2010 Edition
16. 122. 2. 0. Do these numbers justify allegations of anti-competitive tactics by Intel?
This week in Antitrust
This Friday's round up of antitrust-related news highlights current activity in a number of different areas of interest including the rise of niche microchip manufacturers, Intel's continuing struggle to maintain dominance in the mobile device market, a move by airlines in Europe to placate fears of unfair business practices, and a drug company's efforts to clear its name from the ranks of dastardly monopolists. Intel - Semiconductor IP: lntel vs. ARM and Tessera’s Expiring Patent | Sramana Mitra Intel and [...]
ICANN Takes Wrong Turn on New TLD Contracts
When ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush, an accomplished attorney, said last year that he wouldn't let one of his own clients agree to a contract that could be unilaterally changed after it was signed, the Internet community breathed a sigh of relief. But when the Chairman backed away from that stance earlier this week in Nairobi, it became clear that we should have held our breath a little bit longer.
Free Press forgets Day Job, Decides to become Small Business Advocacy Group
Today, Free Press, an organization dedicated to free speech and media on the internet, decided to take on the mantle of a small business advocacy group, without bothering to look what small business actually needs. Free Press called for the FCC to "take immediate action to solve to competition problem", but what they want would not result in a single new piece of dark fiber being lit, or even one new rack of edge caching servers being bought. Instead, more lawyers will be paid to argue about new ways to regulate an industry that is already regulated.