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Apple warranty policies criticised by European consumer agencies

by Adam Banks on 20 March 2012 in News

Before Christmas, as we reported, Apple was fined €900,000 by Italy’s antitrust regulator, the AGCM, for failing to explain customers’ statutory rights and selling them AppleCare warranties that partially duplicated the vendor’s existing obligations. Now the controversy has spread across Europe. On 19 March, 11 national consumer authorities – via the European Consumers’ Organisation, BEUC [...]

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Apple wins 1st round in Kodak patent spat

by Simon Aughton on 25 January 2011 in News
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US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge rules that Kodak’s patent claim against Apple is invalid.

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Google’s H.264 axe: winners and losers

by Simon Aughton on 17 January 2011 in News
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Google’s decision to drop support for native playback of H.264 on the web has wide-reaching implications for the future of internet video.

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Microsoft fights “App Store” trademark

by Simon Aughton on 12 January 2011 in News
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Microsoft has asked the US Patent and Trademark Office to reject Apple’s application.

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Apple kills Steve Jobs doll

by Simon Aughton on 25 November 2010 in News
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Apple has forced a gadget blog to stop selling a Steve Jobs ‘action figure’.

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Apple gets Motorola probe

by Simon Aughton on 25 November 2010 in News
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US trade regulators have begun investigating whether Motorola phones violate Apple patents.

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