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ARTICLE · 27 APRIL 2016

Google: A Tale Of Two Continents

Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP
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It is the best of times and the worst of times for Google. Its internet search engine has become a meme; its mobile operating system, Android, now powers 80.7% of the world's smartphones.

CanadaAntitrust/Competition Law
W. Michael G. Osborne
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It is the best of times and the worst of times for Google. Its internet search engine has become a meme; its mobile operating system, Android, now powers 80.7% of the world's smartphones. But Google's very success brings unwelcome scrutiny from antitrust authorities.

In free market North America, Google easily resolved concerns of Canadian and US competition authorities over its search enginge and advertising practices by changing certain exclusionary contractual terms. The revolutionary fervour of European authorities was not so easily quenched. The European Commission alleges in two proceedings that Google abused its dominant position in relation to its comparison shopping service and Android operating system.

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