Here?s a roundup of Google?s great pile of legal trouble. Shares of the Mountain View company are down nearly 0.75 percent to $642.25 as of this post.
? The European Union?s antitrust regulators are investigating Motorola Mobility after Apple and Microsoft complained about the licensing fees the company is charging for its patents. The EU has opened two separate inquiries after complaints from the companies about wireless patents involving Apple?s iPhone and the iPad, and video and wireless patents for Microsoft?s Windows, Xbox and more. And amid the wacky world of patent court fights, the New York Times notes that Apple and Microsoft also accuse Motorola ? which Google is buying because of its huge trove of patents, among other things ??of ?abusive litigation.?
The Associated Press points out that the EU had warned Motorola before about aggressive patent enforcement, and says Motorola could be fined up to 10 percent of its annual revenue if it?s found guilty of violating EU competition regulations.
? An Australian court has found Google liable for allowing ?deceptive paid search results? to be shown alongside other search results. Reuters reports that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which appealed an earlier decision that favored Google, now says other search engines should make a note of the ruling. The ruling centered on a case in which results for queries about Honda Australia showed paid advertisements for a competitor called CarSales. Google was not fined but must set up a program to ensure no more of the misleading search results and pay court costs.
The Tuesday ruling follows the news Monday about how the $500 million forfeiture by Google in the settlement it reached with the U.S. government last year over illegal Canadian drug ads is being divided: Law enforcement agencies that participated in the investigation are getting almost half.
? TripAdvisor has filed a complaint with the European Commission, accusing the Google is abusing its dominance. According to Bloomberg, it?s the second online-travel company to join the chorus in the antitrust investigation; Expedia added its voice last week. That brings the total complaining companies to 13, according to the BBC. The BBC also said that according to an EU commissioner, a decision about whether Google will be formally charged with antitrust violations will be made after Easter. The EU opened its investigation after complaints a couple of years ago from a few companies that Google was favoring its own services in search results. Since then, companies such as Microsoft have also submitted complaints. (See Microsoft joins the pile as Google hits keep coming.)
? And finally, Google and Oracle are going to do battle in a court trial starting April 16 after another attempt to reach a settlement failed over the weekend. ?The parties have reached an irreconcilable impasse,? U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal reportedly said in an order filed Monday, noting that the talks were the last try. Oracle is seeking damages over what it says is Android?s infringement of Java-related patents.
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