EC puts off decision on Microsoft, Time Warner deal
C|Net | at | by Mike
European antitrust regulators have extended a deadline for deciding whether to conduct an in-depth review of Microsoft and Time Warner's plan to jointly acquire ContentGuard, a digital rights management company. European Commission regulators will now make a decision by Aug. 25, said a representative for the European Commission. Previously, the deadline was Monday.
ContentGuard, which holds a portfolio of digital rights management patents, has previously licensed its technology to industry titans such as Microsoft and Sony. Additionally, standards bodies, like the Motion Picture Experts Group, have adopted some of these patents.