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The Supreme Court denied Google to consider the appeal on the dispute with the FAS



The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation denied Google’s appeal in a dispute with the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, according to Vedomosti. The materials of the court refer to the refusal “to transfer the cassation appeal (submission) for consideration at the judicial session of the Judicial Panel of the RF Supreme Court.”

Recall that at the end of January, Google filed a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court so that its dispute with the FAS would be referred to the court for intellectual property rights.

In September 2015, FAS found Google to be guilty of unfair competition, obliged to make changes to contracts with vendors and manufacturers of smartphones, and in 2016 fined the giant for 438 million rubles. The complaint was initiated by the Russian company Yandex.
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The violations were that Google obliged all suppliers and manufacturers to preinstall the company's application package on their free Android OS, simultaneously blocking such agreements with other software manufacturers. The company also obliged to set the default Google search.

After the verdict, Google tried unsuccessfully to appeal to the arbitration court, and now to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. In both cases, the appeals of the search giant were rejected.

Back in August 2016, the FAS announced that Google has 8 days to comply with the regulations of the regulator and pay a fine of 438 million rubles. However, after more than six months, the company only partially fulfilled the FAS decision, and the fine has not yet been paid.

On the other hand, Google can challenge the decision of anti-monopoly companies within a year from the moment of issuing prescriptions and fines, and the company's lawyers are actively engaged in it.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/401579/


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