Privacy body the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) has asked the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to expand its investigation of Google’s dominance of the online search market to include social networking tool Google+.

Commitments offered by IBM over alleged abuse of dominance in the mainframe maintenance market have been made legally binding, the European Commission announced today.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has imposed fines of almost 7 million renminbi (around €813,000) on two pharmaceutical companies for abuse of dominance in the market for blood pressure drugs. The fines are the first significant penalties the authority has issued for breach of competition law.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates testified yesterday in a US$1 billion abuse of dominance case brought by rival software manufacturer Novell against his company.

Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, believes the company is not dominant in the computer or mobile search markets, according to written answers he submitted last week to the US Senate judiciary antitrust subcommittee.

Mexico’s three largest mobile phone companies are dominant in the market for completing calls, according to the country’s Competition Commission. The ruling means the companies could come under increased regulation by Mexico’s telecommunications body.

Israeli technology company MiniFrame has alleged in a new lawsuit that Microsoft abused its dominant position in the computer operating systems market to block companies from buying its PC-sharing products.

South Africa’s Competition Commission has announced it is carrying out two investigations of the media industry, regarding alleged predatory pricing and market allocation.

Indian real estate powerhouse DLF has confirmed reports that it will appeal against the record 6.3 billion rupee (€95 million) fine imposed by the country’s Competition Commission for alleged abuse of dominance.

A US appeals court has ruled in favour of confectioner Nestlé over allegations that it monopolised the Puerto Rican ice cream market.

Spain’s National Competition Commission today fined the country’s incumbent postal operator, Correos, €4.8 million for failing to implement a commitment in an abuse of dominance settlement.

After spending the best part of a decade on opposite sides of a landmark abuse of dominance case, the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division and Microsoft have filed a joint lawsuit to recover confidential antitrust documents from a third party.

India’s Competition Commission has fined DLF, the country’s largest real estate developer, 6.3 billion rupees (€96 million) for abusing its dominance in two construction projects.

US airline ticket distributor Sabre Holdings has resubmitted its motion to dismiss an antitrust complaint brought by US Airways.

The European Commission has opened an investigation of watchmakers for alleged abuse of dominance in the watch repair and spare parts aftermarkets.