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December 23, 2024
A subsidiary of Polish e-commerce platform Allegro filed a lawsuit on Monday in opposition to Google proprietor Alphabet, Google Eire and Google LLC, in search of PLN2.33 billion ($567.60 million) in damages, Allegro stated in a press release.
“Our Shopping remedy has been working successfully for several years and we continue to invest in formats that support brands, retailers and comparison shopping sites of all sizes across Poland and Europe,” the assertion stated.
The requested reimbursement consists of PLN1.72 billion of losses sustained by Ceneo, in addition to about PLN615 million in curiosity funds from 2013 till November 29, 2024.
Ceneo, which supplies on-line value comparability companies, stated it might additionally search statutory curiosity on the PLN2.33 billion from the date of submitting of the lawsuit till fee of damages.
The subsidiary stated the lawsuit was related to the $2.7 billion European Union antitrust positive imposed on Google to punish its use of its outstanding place because the world’s hottest web search engine to achieve an unfair benefit over smaller European rivals within the value comparability purchasing service market.
In an effort to finish Google’s dominance, the U.S. Division of Justice stated Google should divest its Chrome browser and shouldn’t be allowed to re-enter the browser marketplace for 5 years.
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