[governance] FW: [IP] Google's Lawyers Work Behind the Scenes to Carry the Day - NYTimes.com

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  EU Commission's Google Investigation Won't Be Affected By American
  Decision

*Reuters*  | Posted: 01/05/2013 2:49 pm EST  |  Updated: 01/05/2013 2:49 
pm EST


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(Reuters) - A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether 
Google Inc hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect 
the European Union's examination of the company.

"We have taken note of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) decision, but 
we don't see that it has any direct implications for our investigation, 
for our discussions with Google, which are ongoing," said Michael 
Jennings, a spokesman for the European Commission, the EU executive.

U.S. regulators on Thursday ended their investigation into the giant 
internet company, which runs the world's most popular search engine.

Other internet companies, such as Microsoft Corp, had complained about 
Google tweaking its search results to give prominence to its own 
products. But the FTC said there was not enough evidence to pursue a big 
search-bias case.

The European Commission has for the past two years been investigating 
complaints against Google, including claims that it unfairly favored its 
own services in its search results.

Google presented informal settlement proposals to the Commission in 
July. On December 18 the Commission gave the company a month to come up 
with detailed proposals to resolve the investigation.

If it fails to address the complaints and is found guilty, Google could 
eventually be fined up to 10 percent of its revenue - a fine of up to $4 
billion.

(Reporting By Ethan Bilby; Editing by Sebastian Moffett and David Goodman)

On 2013/01/04 05:12 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
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