[governance] European Commission on Google Investigation Was Google Survives US FTC Probe #FTC #EC #Google #competition

Thu Jan 10 15:06:54 EST 2013

Thanks Angela, I look forward to reading your thesis when you finish.

Sala

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Angela Daly <angelacdaly at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't have any insider knowledge on this but Google and competition
> law is forming one chapter of my PhD thesis which should be finished
> soon!
>
> Angela
>
> On 10 January 2013 23:22, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > On 18th December, 2012 the Vice President of the European Commission
> > responsible for Competition Policy met with Google's Executive Chairman
> Eric
> > Schmidt in relation to coming into an Agreement based on Article 9 of
> the EU
> > Anti Trust Regulation. You can see the Press Release here:
> >
> >
> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom
> >
> > The concerns are in relation to the competition concerns raised by the EC
> > and they include:-
> >
> > the way in which Google's vertical search services are displayed within
> > general search results as compared to services of competitors;
> >
> >  the way Google may use and display third party content on its vertical
> > search services;
> >
> >  exclusivity agreements for the delivery of Google search advertisements
> on
> > other websites; and
> >
> >  restrictions in the portability of AdWords advertising campaigns.
> >
> > To see the Press Release, visit:
> >
> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom
> >
> > It will be interesting to see the detailed commitment text by Google this
> > month and I would be grateful if anyone has any knowledge about this that
> > they could share.
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Sala
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> > <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> "The US Federal Trade Commission has announced it has closed its
> >> investigation into Google after an exhaustive 19-month review that
> covered
> >> millions of pages of documents and involved many hours of testimony.
> >>
> >> See:http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/01/google.shtm
> >>
> >> To see report by BBC, visit:
> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20899032
> >>
> >> Kind Regards,
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Suva
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