According to the report, Google announced today that it would impose a $4.1 billion Android antitrust fine on the “General Court”, the second-highest European court.
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A Google spokesperson said today: “We are preparing to file an appeal to the European Supreme Court, the Court of Justice of the European Union. According to regulations, the deadline for filing a lawsuit is December 1 this year .”
The case originated in July 2018, when the European Commission announced that it had imposed an antitrust fine of 4.34 billion euros (about 5.15 billion U.S. dollars at the time) on Google. With its dominance in the Internet search market, the reason is that Google has imposed some illegal restrictions on Android device makers and mobile operators.
Google subsequently appealed the EU ruling. In September this year, the second highest court in Europe, the General Court of the European Union, ruled that Google had abused its dominant market position in the mobile search market, but reduced the fine to 4.125 billion euros from the previous 4.34 billion euros.
Today, Google decided to appeal again to the European Supreme Court. It is reported that Google can only appeal to the “European Court of Justice” on legal issues.
