"The ruling results from a five-year legal battle between one of the world's most profitable companies and its home country, the US, where Mehta ruled last year that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising. At the trial in April, prosecutors argued for far-reaching remedies to restore competition and prevent Google from extending its dominance in search to artificial intelligence. Google said the proposals go far beyond what is legally justified and would give away its technology to competitors."
"Mehta has also barred Google from entering into exclusive agreements that would prohibit device makers from preinstalling rival products on new devices. Google had argued that loosening its agreements with device makers, browser developers and mobile network operators was the only appropriate remedy in the case. Its most recent deals with device makers Samsung Electronics and Motorola and wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon allow them to load rival search offerings, according to documents shown at trial."
US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Google must share data with competitors to open competition in online search and barred the company from exclusive agreements that prevent device makers from preinstalling rival products. Mehta rejected prosecutors' request to force Google to sell the Chrome browser. Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed concerns that the proposed data-sharing measures could enable rivals to reverse-engineer Google technology. Google plans to appeal, potentially delaying enforcement for years. Google argued that loosening agreements with device makers, browser developers, and mobile network operators is the appropriate remedy; recent deals with Samsung, Motorola, AT&T, and Verizon allow loading rival search offerings.
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