FILE PHOTO: The Microsoft logo is seen at the Microsoft store in New York City, July 28, 2015. The global launch of the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system will take place on July 29. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
The government has argued that Google, worth more than US$1 trillion with some 90 per cent of the search market, illegally paid US$10 billion annually to smartphone makers like Apple and wireless carriers like AT&T and others to be the default search engine on their devices. The question suggests Google's argument - that it is dominant because of its quality and not because of illegal activity - has caught the interest of the judge.
"When I am meeting with publishers now, they say Google's going to write this check and it's exclusive and you have to match it," he said.