Hmm, no quote or link from Muller?
PS. When facts are present his name or links aren't.
Google won another private antitrust suit late this week thanks to an Ohio judge tossing out the case levied against it by a tiny search company.
MyTriggers, the comparison shopping search tool provider which filed the suit, has been alleging that Google had been manipulating search results to keep its business from taking off. Interestingly, that claim was only made after Google had sought $335,000 in unpaid bills from myTriggers, according to CNET.
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the case was dismissed when the judge ruled that myTriggers was unable to prove that Google’s business practices are harmful to competition as a whole.
Judge John P. Bessey wrote:
“The counterclaim only alleges harm to myTriggers itself. myTriggers’ allegations do not meet the necessary standard for pleading an antitrust injury.”
It’s also worth noting that MyTriggers was represented in this case by long-time Microsoft antitrust specialist Rick Rule and his well-known law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, based out of Washington DC. Of course, Microsoft continues to deny all involvement in any lawsuits against Google.
But it’s an interesting coincidence when you remember that Rule represented TradeComet in that company’s separate private antitrust lawsuit against Google, which was dismissed back in July.
With this dismissal, Google has won all of the currently-known private lawsuits levied against it here in the US. But it’s still looking down the barrel of an FTC antitrust investigation into its business practices.
