Judge tells Apple it’s too late to intervene in Google monopoly case
Google has been found in court to be a monopoly, but there is to be a trial to plan how to remedy the situation, and the judge has now refused to accept Apple intervening, saying it waited too long.
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reached a key point in August 2024. Judge Amit Metha ruled that Google is a search and advertising monopoly, and is in breach of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
Following this, the trial continued, and it is shortly to be followed by what’s called a remedy trial. According to Courthouse News, Apple filed a motion to defend its “property interest” over its contract worth billions of dollars with Google over search on the iPhone — and it’s been dismissed.
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