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.
