Tag : European Commission
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title : Apple and Nokia's On-Going Legal Dispute Over Patents Expands Across 11 Countries
summary : Apple has other legal dispute to deal with other than the $14.4 billion in taxes that the European Union is demanding. The American tech giant filed a case on Tuesday against the Acacia Research and Conversant Intellectual Property Management for conspiring with Nokia in raising patent prices. Nokia immediately retaliated by filing complaints across 11 countries against Apple for violating 40 of its patents.
date : Dec 23, 2016 10:56 AM EST
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title : Facebook May Pay A Hefty Fine For Allegedly Breaching EU's Merger-Procedure Rules
summary : Facebook is currently on the European Union’s bad side. The European Commission just accused the tech company of breaching EU’s merger procedure rules. Apparently, Facebook might have given “incorrect or misleading information” when its acquisition of WhatsApp was being investigated back in 2014. If found out to be true, the company has to pay up to one percent of its worldwide revenue.
date : Dec 21, 2016 10:23 AM EST
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title : Apple Follows Ireland Lead To Appeal EU's Ruling That Demands $14 Billion In Tax
summary : Ireland’s Minister for Finance Michael Noonan revealed back on November that the country plans to file an appeal to the European Court of Justice. Now, the Irish Department of Finance has announced that it will indeed appeal the European Union’s ruling that demands Apple to pay $14 billion in taxes to Ireland. A senior executive for Apple disclosed that the tech company will also appeal this week.
date : Dec 19, 2016 09:40 AM EST
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title : EU Warns Social Media Platforms To Act Effectively Against Hate Speech
summary : The European Union has very strict laws on hate speech. They have also been very involved on the social media platforms' role in addressing this issue. Now, EU's commission has issued a warning to Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube and Microsoft for failing to act quickly and effectively against hate speech online.
date : Dec 05, 2016 10:35 AM EST
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