Sunday, July 13, 2014
Google wants court to dismiss antitrust law suit targeting Android
Google wants court to dismiss antitrust law suit targeting Android On Friday, Google asked a court to dismiss a proposed class-action suit, filed in May by two smartphone users. The pair's suit alleges that Google is unfair in the way that it licenses Android to manufacturers like LG. The current process, they say, is unfair to Google's competitors in search and in other services. Google says that the suit should be dismissed because smartphone manufacturers are free to install Android on their devices without having to install Google apps. After all, Android is an open source OS. Google has faced antitrust issues before, and in Europe it is working ... Read more >