Khaberni - A German court ordered Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, to pay 573 million euros ($666 million) in two cases related to antitrust damages brought by two German price comparison sites following a lawsuit filed by the European Union against the search engine giant.
In a lawsuit filed by "Idealo," owned by "Axel Springer SE," which sought 3.3 billion euros, the Berlin Regional Court ruled that Google must pay 374 million euros plus 91 million euros in interests.
In another lawsuit filed by "Producto GmbH," another price comparison service, which claimed damages of 290 million euros, the court ruled that Google must pay 89.7 million euros plus 17.7 million euros in interests, according to a report by "Bloomberg," seen by "Al Arabiya Business."
The court issued the rulings late on Thursday evening, but they were not disclosed until Friday morning.
The two civil lawsuits are related to a decision issued in 2017 by the European Commission imposing a fine on Google of 2.4 billion euros for illegally exploiting its search engine dominance to favor its own shopping service.
The decision led to a wave of subsequent legal actions, which were delayed for years while Google appealed the European Union fine.
Last year, the court confirmed that the company had violated antitrust laws, meaning that plaintiffs in the European Union no longer had to prove this in court.
