Microsoft, Oracle and other technology companies that provided information in the US government’s antitrust lawsuit against Google applied for more time on Wednesday to propose protection orders for their confidential data .
These technology companies also include AT&T, Amazon, Comcast, Duck Duck, Sonos, T-Mobile USA. They stated that they could not follow the order of Federal Judge Emmet Mehta and proposed a protection order on Friday, so they requested an extension to November 20.
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Google on October 20, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using its market power to hinder competitors. This is the biggest challenge to the power and influence of technology giants in recent decades.
Google said it will respond.
The aforementioned company stated in a court document that as part of the investigation, the parties involved in the government have provided various information including business plans and strategies to the Ministry of Justice.
“The key question is to what extent Google personnel will (by virtue of being listed as defendants in antitrust litigation) obtain the most sensitive and confidential business documents of non-parties.” The aforementioned companies said in a joint request to the court.
These companies said they hope to review the draft protection order proposed by Google and the Ministry of Justice before writing their own protection order, which has a deadline of this Friday.
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