EU to investigate Microsoft venture with Time Warner

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The European Commission has launched an investigation into the acquisition of ContentGuard Holdings Inc. by Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. ContentGuard produces anti piracy software and the Commission is concerned that the proposed deal could give Microsoft an unfair advantage in the security software market in Europe. Time Warner joined Microsoft to purchase most of Xerox Corp.'s ownership of ContentGuard in April of 2004. Though the companies were not required to make an antitrust filing in the U.S., they are required to do so in Europe in order to comply with European Union regulations.

Europe, Legal issues & crime, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Strategy & planning, Acquisitions & mergers, Government expenditures, Computer and Office Equipment, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Antitrust Law, AMUSEMENT & RECREATION SERVICES, Standards, Foreign operations, Xerox Corp., Company legal issue, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Acquisitions and mergers, Time Warner Inc., Investigations, International aspects, Prevention, Economic policy, Computer peripherals industry, Unfair competition (Commerce), Unfair competition, Entertainment industry, European Union. European Commission, Network security software, Company joint venture, Security software, Antitrust issue, ContentGuard Inc., Aims and objectives

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Microsoft, Ericsson target software for mobile phones

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Microsoft Corp. has formalized a joint venture with Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson as part of a broader plan to supply the back-end infrastructure that will enable mobile phone carriers to provide e-mail and other data services to their customers. The joint venture will develop mobile e-mail software for phone carriers.

Radio & TV communications equipment, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Cellular Mobile Tel Equip, Wireless telephones, Email software, Cellular telephone equipment industry

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Hellstroem will head Ericsson-Sony venture

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Kurt Hellstroem, the chief executive officer of Telefon AB LM Ericsson, will become the chairman of the company's planned joint-venture with Sony Corp. The joint venture involves Ericsson's consumer goods unit and Sony's handset division.

Japan, Household audio and video equipment, Consumer Electronics, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Executive changes & profiles, Consumer electronics industry, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Sony Corp., SNE, Hellstroem, Kurt

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