Microsoft is filing a formal antitrust complaint with the European Commission as part of the commission’s investigation into possible Google violations of European competition law.
Google holds about 95 percent of the European search market. The complaint involves Google restraining competition by limiting search and Windows Phone access to YouTube and other services Google owns. While Google and Microsoft are battling it out on multiple marketplace fronts, Microsoft claims this is the first time it has filed an antitrust complaint against a rival.
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Microsoft Lends EC's Google Probe a Helping Hand
Posted by: Rob Spiegel March 31, 2011 12:11 PMMicrosoft is filing a formal antitrust complaint with the European Commission as part of the commission’s investigation into possible Google violations of European competition law.
Google holds about 95 percent of the European search market. The complaint involves Google restraining competition by limiting search and Windows Phone access to YouTube and other services Google owns. While Google and Microsoft are battling it out on multiple marketplace fronts, Microsoft claims this is the first time it has filed an antitrust complaint against a rival.