Google has received a partial reprieve in one of the antitrust cases against the company. Federal Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and key states cannot argue that Google is protecting a monopoly by favoring its own products in search results over alternatives. The decision states that the plaintiffs have not proven the existence of an “anticompetitive effect.” Judge Mehta has also google-narrowed-by-federal-judge-prior-to-trial.html” title=”Antitrust Case Against Google Narrowed by Federal Judge Prior to Trial”>dismissed antitrust allegations related to Android’s compatibility and anti-fragmentation agreements, Google Assistant, internet of things devices, and the Android Open Source Project.
However, Judge Mehta has stated that the DOJ can still present its remaining arguments. The DOJ claims that Google is abusing its power through agreements that require Android manufacturers to pre-load Google apps and set Google as the default search engine in their mobile browsers. The concern is that this prevents rivals like Bing and DuckDuckGo from gaining significant adoption.
In a statement to Engadget,…
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