Google files antitrust complaint in Europe

Google said it has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft and Nokia, saying the companies are using patents to thwart competition. The complaint focuses on a transfer Nokia, Microsoft made last year of some 2,000 patents and patent applications to Mosaid Technologies, a company known for its patent litigation, said a Google spokesman. The patents relate to industry standards for wireless technology, and Microsoft has pledged it wouldn’t use such patents to block competiton.