India, May 22 -- Technology giant Google has appealed a U.S. federal court ruling that found the search giant illegally maintained monopolies in online search and related advertising markets.
According to Reuters, the company on Friday filed its appeal challenging a 2024 decision by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled that Google unlawfully strengthened its dominance through multibillion-dollar agreements making its search engine the default option on devices and browsers, including those from Apple.
Google argued the ruling contained legal errors and said the agreements did not prevent device makers or browser developers from promoting competing search services such as Microsoft Bing.
In its filing, Google said it succeeded in the...