Unlockd faces skepticism at US Ninth Circuit over market definition in Google case
By Alex Wilts ( June 12, 2026, 22:26 GMT | Insight) -- Collapsed Australian advertising startup Unlockd Media faced questions from a US appellate judge Friday about the breadth of the market underlying its monopolization claims against Google. US Circuit Judge Jacqueline Nguyen said she thought "the difficulty" for Unlockd's case is that the bigger the marketplace and the greater number of players involved, "the harder it is to demonstrate antitrust injury."Unlockd Media, a shuttered Australian advertising startup, faced questions from a US appellate judge Friday about the breadth of the market underlying its monopolization claims against Google....
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