Search antitrust infringements go to court in Europe

The French Internet company, 1plusV, is seeking major damages against Google in the Commercial Court of Paris. Their claim is that unfairly suppressed competition. The damages sought by 1plusV is  an unprecedented 295 million Euros. This massive claim is riding on the tail of a formal investigation by the European Commission for similar search engine antitrust infringements. The US FTC has also announced an investigation last week.

Google’s share of the search market in certain areas of Europe is as much as 90 percent.