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WASHINGTON: Google<\/a> argued Thursday that the U.S. Justice Department's allegations that it broke antitrust law to build and maintain its dominance of search are flawed and that its lawsuit should be thrown out.
The government, which filed its lawsuit in the waning days of the Trump administration, has argued that Alphabet's Google acts illegally in paying billions of dollars each year to smartphone makers like Apple, LG, Motorola and Samsung, carriers like Verizon and browsers like Mozilla<\/a> to be the default search for their customers.
Judge Amit Mehta actively questioned Google's lawyer, John Schmidtlein. Mehta pressed him, for example, on if being dominant in search means that Google's search engine will improve faster than its competitors. He also asked if the deals were \"anticompetitive\" and gave the company an advantage.
Google's Schmidtlein replied: \"Offering a superior product, winning business on the merits is never unlawful.\"
\"There is zero consumer harm here whatsoever,\" Schmidtlein told the judge at another point.
Google has argued in court filings that the payments at issue are legal revenue-sharing deals and not illegal efforts to exclude rivals.
The decision on summary judgment will be decided by Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The case is slated for trial in September.
Google's motion is the Internet<\/a> company's latest attempt to end several costly and time-consuming lawsuits from state and federal governments aimed at reining in its market power.
The Justice Department sued Google in 2020, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech since it sued Microsoft Corp for anti-competitive practices in 1998. A settlement left the company intact although the decision to rein in Microsoft left room for Google, which was founded in 1998, and others to thrive.
Since this lawsuit was filed, Google has been hit with other antitrust complaints. The Justice Department filed a second lawsuit in January accusing the company of abusing its dominance of the digital advertising business.
A group of states led by Texas also sued on ad tech in 2020 while states led by Utah filed a lawsuit in 2021 saying the company broke antitrust law in handling its play store.
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谷歌要求法官把美国反垄断诉讼,称“优质产品”是合法的
法官Amit Mehta积极质疑谷歌的律师约翰Schmidtlein。梅塔压他,例如,如果在搜索主导意味着谷歌的搜索引擎将提高速度比其竞争对手。他还问这些交易是“反竞争”,给该公司的优势。
华盛顿:谷歌周四表示,美国司法部的指控,它打破了反托拉斯法建立和维护其统治地位的搜索是有缺陷的,诉讼应该扔掉。
政府起诉的日子胜过政府认为,字母是谷歌在每年支付数十亿美元的非法行为智能手机制造商像苹果、LG、摩托罗拉和三星,运营商Verizon和浏览器Mozilla默认搜索客户。
法官Amit Mehta积极质疑谷歌的律师约翰Schmidtlein。梅塔压他,例如,如果在搜索主导意味着谷歌的搜索引擎将提高速度比其竞争对手。他还问这些交易是“反竞争”,给该公司的优势。
谷歌Schmidtlein答道:“提供优质产品,赢得业务的优点绝不是非法的。”
“这里是零消费者伤害,“Schmidtlein告诉法官在另一个点。
谷歌在法庭文件中表示,支付问题是合法收入分成协议,而不是非法的努力排除竞争对手。
即决判决的决定将由梅塔决定的美国地方法院哥伦比亚特区。本案定于9月。
谷歌的运动互联网公司的最新尝试结束一些昂贵和耗时的诉讼在州和联邦政府旨在控制的市场力量。
2020年司法部起诉谷歌,指责公司1万亿美元的非法使用其市场力量阻碍对手的实力和影响力最大的挑战大型技术因为它起诉微软(msft . o:行情)在1998年反竞争行为。结算离开了公司完整虽然决定控制微软离开房间去谷歌,成立于1998年,和其他人茁壮成长。
由于这提起诉讼,谷歌一直受到其它反垄断投诉。1月份美国司法部提起第二次诉讼指责公司滥用其主导地位的数字广告业务。
为首的一群州德克萨斯州也起诉广告科技在2020年2021年犹他州州由提起诉讼称公司在处理其玩商店违反反托拉斯法。
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