As announced in our last edition (see EUROPE 12064), Margrethe Vestager, the Commissioner for Competition policy, on Wednesday 18 July handed down a new record fine, of €4,342,865,000, to Google in the 'Android' case for abuse of dominant position on the mobile Internet search engine market.
“Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine”, Vestager told a press conference, adding: “this is illegal under the EU rules”. She also took pains to...