Google fined for giving free maps
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A FRENCH MAP COMPANY HAS BEEN AWARDED DAMAGES AGAINST THE WEB GIANT FOR ‘UNFAIR COMPETITION’ GOOGLE has been found guilty of “abusing its dominant position” by a Paris court. The firm was
sued by a map company Bottin Cartographes, which has lost business due to the web giant’s activities. It sells companies “how to find us” maps and a service for calculating routes –which
Google provides free. Bottin said that Google’s activities represented “unfair competition”. It was awarded half a million euros of damages from Google by the Paris Commercial Court, which
also fined the company €15,000. Google said it would appeal.