Microsoft Withdraws EU Complaint Against Google
April 22 2016 - 10:33AM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Fidler
BRUSSELS -- Microsoft Corp. said Friday that it had agreed to
withdraw its regulatory complaints against Alphabet Inc.'s Google
subsidiary.
The software maker said the move to bury the hatchet with a
long-standing adversary reflected "our changing legal
priorities."
Microsoft said in a statement that the companies would "continue
to focus on competing vigorously for business and for
customers."
Microsoft has complained about Google to regulators in the U.S.
and European Union. To the European Commission, Microsoft has
complained about Google's practices related to advertising and the
YouTube app.
According to a person familiar with the matter, the two
companies have agreed to talk to each other first in the future
before taking any problems to regulators.
Write to Stephen Fidler at stephen.fidler@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 22, 2016 10:18 ET (14:18 GMT)
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