Overall, Courts int he US have helped that search engines have nearly complete discretion over the content presented on their pages ad ranking algorithms under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.  For search engines, this is a defense that they can use against those companies who bring claims about the economic impact of ranking changes […]

In a report by The Daily Telegraph, Google is on the cusp of being hit with a “record-breaking” antitrust fine by the European Commission.  It apparently will be“in the region of €3 billion” ($3.39 billion).  Ouch. The Daily Telegraph, which cites sources familiar with the European Commission’s proceedings, says that the penalty is coming “within weeks.”  It’s […]

Google is getting yet another formal antitrust complaint filed against Google today.  The complaint is being filed with the European Commission (EC)  This news was first reported by Time. There are some published reports that says Getting is claiming that there are high-resolution Google image search results that are being “scraped” from its customers’ sites and are […]

Something that I found rather nice, in an age where companies seem to always play cutthroat with each other, Google and Microsoft have agreed to play nice with each other.  The companies have decided to stop filing complaints about one another with regulators around the world.  In a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, this was prompted […]

It comes as no surprise, but Google has finally been hit with a formal “Statement of Objections” (antitrust charges) by the European Commission in regards to the Android OS and related practices.  The focus of the charges are the requirement that handset makers pre-install selected Google apps, like Chrome, in exchange for access to the Google […]

Back in February of 2015, Yandex, the top Russian search engine asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) to initiate an antitrust investigation into Google’s control over the Android platform.  According to Yandex, Google was given an unfair advantage through the required pre-installation of Google apps on Android handsets in Russia. In September […]

In a report by Bloomberg, it is said that the European Commission (EC) is about to file an antitrust complaint over the Android operating system.  The outlet is citing “three people familiar with the probe.” Despite this news, Bloomberg is saying that a final decision hasn’t been made yet.  The Android-OEM contracts and app-install requirements have […]

In a panel, consisting o three judges, for the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals, it was finally ruled that the full-text book scanning done by Google has been considered “fair use.”  What this means is that all of the books that Google scanned digitally is no protected from claims and copyright infringement.  At this point, […]

These days, when you think of Google and antitrust battles, we think of the search engine’s battle with the European Union.  But surprisingly, there is another ongoing investigation going on in India that hasn’t gotten nearly the same amount of coverage the European antitrust investigation.  There was an article that has appeared in the India-based Economic Times that […]

Google has been granted an extension to formally respond to the European Commission’s antitrust charges, according to the Wall Street Journal.  The new date is now August 31.  Originally, the deadline was August 17, which is only a week away. Currently, the the “Statement of Objections” (formal antitrust charges) only concerns comparison shopping, and doesn’t count […]