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The United States argued on Tuesday that Google had not acted within the rules in the technology company's efforts to maintain dominance in online searches. According to the US Department of Justice, the company paid $10 billion so that smaller rivals were never attractive to users.
"This case is about the future of the Internet," said Kenneth Dintzer, a representative of the Department of Justice. He, during the trial in Washington, said that Google in 2010 began to illegally maintain the monopoly.
The US Department of Justice has accused Google of paying billions of dollars each year to device makers like Apple Inc, Internet companies like AT&T and browsers like Monzilla to give Google's search engine a market share of 90 per cent. cent.
In addition, Dintzer said Google has rigged auctions for ads placed online in order to raise prices for advertisers.
"The degree of fraud matters, and Google has illegally held a monopoly for more than a decade," Dintzer said. He said that there is serious competition, Google did not devote as much to innovation and paid less attention to other concerns, such as privacy.
He said the Justice Department has records that Google has taken steps to protect communications related to payments it made to companies like Apple. "They knew that these agreements crossed the limits of competition law," he said.
Google's defense in this case is simple: The company argues that its large market is not because it broke the law, but because it has a fast and effective search engine that is free.
Opening statements for this case have begun in a federal court in Washington. The trial is expected to last at least ten weeks and will be divided into two phases. In the first phase, Judge Amit Mehta will decide whether Google violated competition laws and how search and advertising is managed at the company.
If the judge decides that Google has broken the law, then he will decide what is the best way to resolve the case. Judge Mehta could decide to simply issue an order requiring Google to stop such practices or order the company to sell the assets. /REL
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