Washington, Dec 23
Criticising the US Department of Justice (DoJ) lawsuit and its “overbroad proposal”, Google on Monday said that before it appeals in court, the company has filed its own remedies proposal, based on the actual findings in the court's decision.
Stressing that the company “strongly disagrees with and will appeal the decision in the DoJ search distribution lawsuit,” Lee-Anne Mulholland, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Google, said filing the remedies proposal “was a decision about our search distribution contracts, so our proposed remedies are directed to that”.
In its remedies proposal, Google said that browser companies like Apple and Mozilla should continue to have the freedom to do deals with whatever search engine they think is best for their users.
“The Court accepted that browser companies ‘occasionally assess Google’s search quality relative to its rivals and find Google’s to be superior.' And for companies like Mozilla, these contracts generate vital revenue,” said Mulholland in a company blog post.