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The Microsoft Litigation’S Lessons For United States V. Google, John E. Lopatka, William H. Page
The Microsoft Litigation’S Lessons For United States V. Google, John E. Lopatka, William H. Page
University of Miami Law Review
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and three overlapping groups of states have filed federal antitrust cases alleging Google has monopolized internet search, search advertising, internet advertising technologies, and app distribution on Android phones. In this Article, we focus on the DOJ’s claims that Google has used contracts with tech firms that distribute Google’s search services in order to exclude rival search providers and thus to monopolize the markets for search and search advertising—the two sides of Google’s search platform. The primary mechanisms of exclusion, according to the DOJ, are the many contracts Google has used to secure its …