Monday, November 21, 2011

Google to face â?¬295 million French lawsuit over alleged anti-competitive practices

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legal problems are accumulating in a pinch. French search engine 1PlusV Goog continues for alleged antitrust practices, less than a week after the Federal Trade Commission opened a formal investigation into similar charges imposed by the United States. The suit, ready to be presented in court this week in Paris, says that Google is using its dominant market position to bury the search results, while his rival unfairly promote its own services. According 1PlusV, Google "black list" of 30 of its vertical search engines between 2007 and 2010, making it difficult for the company to compete. The company also complained of having to adopt the technology of Mountain View, in order to use AdSense and, overall, is looking? 295 million (U.S. $ 418 million) in damages - the largest demand damage in Google Europe has ever known. 1PlusV operating group of legal research

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source and with Microsoft, has contributed to the EU antitrust investigation against Google last year. The company claims that his trial is the next "logical" next step in its anti-trust crusade underway, while Google has released a brief statement, saying that "seek [s] forward to explain this." Google to deal with one? ¬ 295 million French anti-competitive practices alleged lawsuit originally appeared on Engadget on Mon June 28, 2011 9:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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