A German court has found that Google has abused its dominant market position in the price comparison sector and ruled that the company must pay a total of €572 million ($665.6 million) in damages to two German price comparison companies, according to a report by Reuters.

Google must pay the price comparison platform Idealo about €465 million (about $540 million) in damages, and €107 million (about $124 million) to Producto, another price comparison tool, the report said.

Idealo had claimed damages of €3.3 billion from Google, arguing that its lawsuit was a direct response to the European Court of Justice’s ruling in 2024 that found the search giant was self-preferencing its own shopping comparison service , breaking competition rules, and fined it about $2.7 billion.

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