Google, despite having an illegal monopoly, insists on winning its case by half
A federal judge ruled that Google is effectively an illegal monopoly, the search company says it will partially appeal.
On April 17, 2025, US District Judge Leoni Binkema ruled that Google control over advertising markets was for an illegal monopoly. Google is now starting the verdict as a partial win, while saying that this appeal will also be filed.
“We won half of the case and we would appeal to the other half. The court found that our advertiser equipment and our acquisition, such as double click, done harem competition. We disagree with the court's decision about our publisher equipment. Publishers have many options and are they are
– News from Google (@newsfromgoogle) 17 April, 2025
The company's tweet, on behalf of Lee-Annie Mulholland, continues the vice president of its regulatory matters: “[they] Choose Google because our advertising technical equipment are simple, inexpensive and effective. ,
That tweeted statement was sent immediately after the ruling, and Muloholland has now released more comments. As RootsHe has said that the judge issued a mixed decision.
In particular, Mulholand insisted that Judge Brigima ruled that the Department of Justice had failed to showcase some claims. They were involved in how DOJ said that Google's doubleclic and adminal acquisitions were anticomatic.
Mulholand says that Google has planned to appeal against the rest of the ruling, which he described as “unfavorable”.
Those elements include both ruling that Google is an illegal monopoly, and that especially it uses its impact to increase prices and reduce competition. Judge Binkma said that the “ability to compete” was greatly damaged by Google's disadvantaged contestants.
It is not yet clear how long the appeal process can be, but in the meantime, see the ruling court asking for possible measures. DOJ is expected that the only measure is breaking Google and its sales branch.
It now seems to be the most possible results when selling its sales division, it was already looted that Google could eliminate its various deals that helped ensure its dominance. In particular, that Google may have seen Apple paying Apple $ 20 billion per year to be a default search engine on iPhones.