A Texas federal judge has granted a bid from cable company Altice to transfer a case accusing it of infringing a Touchstream patent on mobile app streaming to New York federal court.
Judge Amit P. Mehta’s ruling in the case is likely to set a precedent for a series of US antitrust cases that are already in the pipeline against companies including Amazon, Apple, and Meta.
The first day of the pivotal antitrust trial's closing arguments focused on whether another company could develop a search engine that could eventually compete against Google.
The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge.
Google made its closing arguments Thursday in the antitrust case brought by the Department of Justice. CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent reports.
Apple was reportedly been paid $20 billion to to ensure that Google is the default search option in the Safari web browser in 2022. Continue reading at TweakTown >