Google violated antitrust legislation with its on-line search, a federal choose dominated Monday, putting a serious blow in opposition to one of many titans of the tech trade.
District Choose Amit Mehta mentioned Google’s billions in funds to maintain its search engine because the default on internet browsers violated US legislation.
“After having fastidiously thought-about and weighed the witness testimony and proof, the courtroom reaches the next conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to keep up its monopoly,” Mehta wrote.
The choose’s ruling follows a landmark antitrust trial that concluded in DC in Could. The case had been carefully watched as an indication of whether or not different tech giants may face extra enforcement.
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