EmptyTimCup
03-02-2010, 04:48 PM
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Google Says Microsoft Waging Proxy War (http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100932&cid=nl_IW_daily_2010-03-02_h)
The search giant sees Redmond's hand behind a series of antitrust actions in the U.S. and Europe.
By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
March 1, 2010 09:25 AM
Google noted that a collections lawsuit it filed against a small, Ohio-based Internet site called myTriggers.com was met with a sophisticated antitrust countersuit. Representing myTriggers.com is none other than Charles Rule, of the high-powered D.C. law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
Rule frequently acts as outside counsel for Microsoft in antitrust matters.
Google also sees Microsoft's hand in antitrust actions in Europe, where the European Commission last week launched a probe into Google's dominance of online advertising on the Continent. The probe was sparked by complaints of search-rank discrimination by three companies—legal research firm Ejustice.fr, and online price comparison sites Ciao and Foundem.
Microsoft acquired Ciao in 2008, while Foundem is a member of a Microsoft-backed lobby group called Initiative for a Competitive Online Market Place (ICOMP).
"It's no secret we share many of these concerns," a Microsoft spokesperson conceded to WSJ.
Google Says Microsoft Waging Proxy War (http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100932&cid=nl_IW_daily_2010-03-02_h)
The search giant sees Redmond's hand behind a series of antitrust actions in the U.S. and Europe.
By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
March 1, 2010 09:25 AM
Google noted that a collections lawsuit it filed against a small, Ohio-based Internet site called myTriggers.com was met with a sophisticated antitrust countersuit. Representing myTriggers.com is none other than Charles Rule, of the high-powered D.C. law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
Rule frequently acts as outside counsel for Microsoft in antitrust matters.
Google also sees Microsoft's hand in antitrust actions in Europe, where the European Commission last week launched a probe into Google's dominance of online advertising on the Continent. The probe was sparked by complaints of search-rank discrimination by three companies—legal research firm Ejustice.fr, and online price comparison sites Ciao and Foundem.
Microsoft acquired Ciao in 2008, while Foundem is a member of a Microsoft-backed lobby group called Initiative for a Competitive Online Market Place (ICOMP).
"It's no secret we share many of these concerns," a Microsoft spokesperson conceded to WSJ.