Court denies Apple's request to support Google in antitrust case

The court has rejected Apple's urgent motion to suspend the trial on Google Search monopoly. This is reported by The Verge.

Apple asked the court to join the lawsuit because it does not want to lose "the opportunity to protect its right to reach other agreements with Google that could benefit millions of users, as well as Apple's right to compensation for distributing Google search to its users."

Google proposed to the court to terminate its license agreements with other companies aimed at promoting Google services. After this proposal, Apple, which received about $20 billion from Google in 2022 alone, decided to intervene in the process.

The court reasoned that Apple did not provide clear evidence that the company would suffer "significant harm" as a result of the court decision against Google.

As a reminder, Google has been recognized as a monopolist in the US search industry. The trial will take place in April 2025. Lawyers of the Ministry of Justice insist on the forced sale of the Chrome browser and the separation of Android into a separate company.