Italian anti-trust body fines Apple for misleading customers on product guarantees

Apple Italia have been fined a complete of 900,000 euros for failing to tell its customers that products purchased were already covered by two years of free assistance under national law. It seems that Apple employees encouraged the additional purchase of its own AppleCare plans. With the eu court’s continued investigation of possible e-book price-fixing and ongoing legal jousting with Samsung unlikely to finish any time soon, it feels like Apple shall be busy within the courts next year too.

[Thanks Giulio]

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