MARKET MONOPOLY: Google moves to appeal ruling in massive antitrust case  

Search engine giant Google is making moves to appeal a guilty ruling by a US court, which found it culpable for illegally acting to maintain a monopoly in online search.

A US District Court Judge ruled on Monday morning that Google exploited its dominant status in the search industry, in part by paying firms like Apple to make its search engine the default choice on their devices and web browsers.

Judge Amit P. Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued the verdict, which is a significant blow for Google and may change the way the company does business.

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“After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reached the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Mehta wrote in his opinion filed Monday. “It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.”

Google’s VP of Global Affairs, Kent Walker, told TechCrunch that the corporation expects to appeal the judgment. Walker reiterated Google’s prior claims that it leveraged its dominating position to create the best and most useful search engine, which benefited both users and advertising.

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