Google Files Complaint in Europe Against Microsoft, Nokia
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Google Inc. filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Oyj, saying the companies are using patents to thwart competition.
The complaint focuses on a transfer Nokia and Microsoft made last year of some 2,000 patents and patent applications to Mosaid Technologies Inc., a Canadian company known for its patent litigation, said Jim Prosser, a spokesman for Google. Most of the patents relate to industry standards for wireless technology, and Microsoft has publicly pledged it wouldn’t use such patents to block competitors from the market.