Europe 2020
ECIS sends open letter to the European Commission regarding the Europe 2020 communication. The open letter is available here.
ECIS welcomes today’s decision by the European Commission to approve the browser settlement
ECIS Chairman Simon Awde in his open letter to Commissioner Kroes thanks the Commission for the results that they have obtained in the Microsoft case. The open letter is available here. A statement made on behalf of ECIS can be found here.
ECIS accepted as intervenor in EC browser case
The European Commission recognised ECIS as an interested third party in support of the Commission’s preliminary findings that Microsoft is violating EU antitrust law by tying its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser to its dominant Windows operating system present on over 90% of all personal computers. A statement made on behalf of ECIS is available […]
Microsoft’s history of anticompetitive behaviour and consumer harm
Microsoft’s conduct over the last two decades has demonstrated Microsoft’s willingness and ability to engage in unlawful conduct to protect and extend its core monopolies. This conduct has caused real harm to consumers, who continue to pay high prices and use lower quality products than would have prevailed in a competitive market. This paper aims […]
ECIS celebrates its 20th anniversary
The European Committee for Interoperable Systems was founded in Brussels in 1989. It played an important role in securing provisions benefitting interoperability provisions in the 1991 Software Copyright Directive, and numerous intellectual property initiatives since at European and international level. ECIS Chairman Simon Awde was already present in the early days of ECIS representing what […]