Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly

By Jody Godoy

May ‌22 (Reuters) - Alphabet's ​Google ​on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge's ruling that it holds illegal monopolies ‌in online search and related advertising.

Here are some ⁠details:

• Google argued that U.S. Judge Amit Mehta made ‌legal errors in his ‌2024 ruling, which found the company illegally blocked competitors by paying billions of dollars annually to ​firms including Apple to be the default search engine on new devices.

• The arrangements did ⁠not prevent the device makers and browser developers from promoting rival ​search services like Microsoft's Bing, Google argued.

• The company said it excelled in the ​market fairly by developing a "superior ‌search engine through hard work, bold innovation, and shrewd business decisions."

• The ⁠U.S. Department of Justice is expected to file papers making its own arguments in July. A spokesperson for ⁠the DOJ declined to comment.

• Mehta had ordered Google to ​share some search data with competitors, potentially including artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, to restore competition. An appeals ‌court ruling in Google's favour would overturn that order.

• If Google loses ‌at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ⁠District of Columbia Circuit, ‌it could appeal ​to the U.S. Supreme Court.

(Reporting by Jody Godoy in New York; Editing by Sanjeev ‌Miglani)

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