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Into the subsidiary of Google a formal warning with allegations of abuse of dominant position in the field related to the technological standard GPRS. Europe takes up the defense of Apple and Microsoft

Rome – A precise warning in what is called a statement of objections sent by the antitrust authorities of the European Union at the top of Motorola Mobility, at the conclusion of the investigations launched in spring 2012 on patent claims against Apple and Microsoft. The company controlled by Google so would abused its dominant position in the licenses relating to the standard GPRS mobile .

After over a year of investigation, the antitrust authorities of the Old Continent have therefore invited Motorola Mobility to defend themselves by accusations of abuse of its licensed technologies, in particular in the GSM standard to be essential for the market on the move. In the opinion of the same antitrust community, these technologies should be granted in FRAND terms, that is fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory .

No official comment from Apple, which had already refused to pay the royalty required by Motorola Mobility for use on the mobile market its technologies GPRS. The company was acquired by Bigg addressed to a German court to ask for a specific injunction against sales of iOS devices on the market of the Old Continent . From there, the start of European surveys in April 2012.

A few months later, Google reached an agreement valid only for Germany, under which would be offered in Cupertino licensed patent s related to 3G standards , technology already at the center of the allegations made by the same Motorola front U.S. and German courts. But the European authorities had begun to look with great suspicion aggressive use of patents related to technology standards. Into Old Mauro