Google should have to end revenue-sharing program, Open Markets tells US court
( August 4, 2026, 19:26 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute told a US appeals court that unless Google is banned from continuing its revenue-sharing program with manufacturers and browsers, it will continue to dominate the general search engine market through the same exclusionary conduct that resulted in an antitrust case brought by the Department of Justice and a group of states. OMI urged the court to uphold an order against Google’s distribution agreements and remand the lower court’s payment ban denial. “Because the district court refused to ban Google’s revenue-sharing program, the remedial order failed to effectively rectify the antitrust violations. As a result of Google’s existing dominant market position and its vast financial resources, Google will remain at the top of the GSE mountain well into the future if this Court allows it to pay for default placement,” it said.See attached file. ...
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