“The court’s decision results from the application that Ceneo submitted in connection with accusing Google of using unfair competition practices,” we read in . In the letter, representatives of the Polish comparison site pointed to four types of practices that, in their opinion, Google uses to limit access to the market. The court took into account all arguments and banned the platform from favoring its own search engine at the expense of a domestic company.
Polish price comparison website against Google. He accuses Google of unfair competition
In the application to secure claims, representatives of the Polish company pointed to four Google practices that were supposed to limit access to the market:
- favoring your own Google Shopping comparison engine through a specific way of presenting search results;
- redirection to the mentioned comparison website at the expense of Ceneo;
- removing search results that would lead to the Polish comparison site;
- displaying unauthorized Ceneo advertisements, aimed at collecting information about the preferences of users of this search engine.
Ceneo representatives believe that such practices were already visible in August 2023. – Despite a formal request to stop the violations, Google did not abandon these practices, which is why we were forced to pursue our rights through court proceedings – Ceneo informed “Dziennik Gazetê Prawna” .
Ceneo vs. case Google. “This could be a precedent on a European scale”
As reported by the daily, the application was the first step in the battle with Google. The second was to file the actual lawsuit on March 28. The prohibition issued by the court remains in force until the final resolution of the case. – The decision of the district court is a precedent on a European scale and may encourage comparison websites in other countries to follow Ceneo.pl in the fight for a fair and competitive digital market – said representatives of Ceneo.
The president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection commented on the case and presented his arguments in the case before the court. According to him, both placing the Google price comparison site in places that are easier for users to see and displaying more visually attractive elements potentially have a negative impact on the so-called healthy competition, because people using a price comparison website will automatically choose Google.
“Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” reports that Google faces a fine of PLN 50,000 for violating the ban imposed by the court. PLN per day.
Source: Gazeta
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