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​Comment: Google fears disclosure ruling risks 'crown jewels' falling into rival hands

By Simon Zekaria ( November 18, 2019, 17:25 GMT | Comment) -- Google’s secret algorithms and codes behind its search-engine’s site rankings are risked by an upcoming court ruling in the US giant’s longrunning antitrust fight against Foundem. The judgment, on the UK shopping-comparison website’s right to access lawsuit documents, will alert Google’s rivals and other tech companies, as well as give companies of all stripes involved in litigation clues as to how courts treat protection of business secrets and commercially-sensitive information.Google risks losing its secret “crown jewels." That was its stark message as it waits for a UK court ruling on whether it must hand over confidential information on key technology underpinning its search engine....

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