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Gide advises Twenga on the complaint filed against Google

26 January 2012

Deals | France & Belgium | Competition | Gide advises Twenga on the complaint filed against Google before the European Commission for abuse of dominant position

On 23 January 2012, the web's most comprehensive online shopping search engine Twenga filed a complaint against Google before the European Commission, accusing the Internet search giant of abusing its dominant position on the search and search advertising market.

The complaint focuses on:

  • improving the Commission's understanding of the market concerned and explaining the reasons behind Google’s abuses;
     
  • identifying Google's various discriminatory practices of favouring its own vertical services in its search results to the detriment of its competitors, as well as the anti-competitive practices carried out in connection with Google's advertising platform Adwords;
     
  • petitioning the Commission to order the necessary remedies (including a request for interim measures) with a view to bringing Google’s infringements to an end as quickly as possible and ensuring the conditions for fair competition.

Gide Paris and Brussels are advising Twenga with a team composed of Yann Utzschneider, partner (Paris), as well as Laurent Godfroid and Ségolène Pelsy (Brussels).

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