Google reportedly announced that it will appeal the $4.1 billion (29.438 billion yuan) Android antitrust fine handed down by the General Court, Europe’s second-highest court.
We are preparing to appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest court in Europe,” a Google spokesperson said today. The deadline for filing the lawsuit is December 1 of this year, as stipulated.”
The case stems from July 2018, when the European Commission announced that it had imposed a €4.34 billion (then about $5.15 billion) antitrust fine on Google. The reason was that Google, by virtue of its dominant position in the Internet search market, had imposed a number of illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile operators.
Google subsequently appealed the EU’s decision. In September, the General Court of the European Union, Europe’s second-highest court, ruled that Google had abused its dominant position in the mobile search market, but reduced the fine to €4.125 billion ($4.126 billion) from the previous €4.34 billion.
Google decided to appeal again to the European Supreme Court. It is reported that Google can only appeal to the “Court of Justice of the European Union” on legal issues.
