Jan 16 (Reuters) - Alphabet’s Google asked a judge on Friday to postpone making the company share data with rivals while it challenges a ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search, according to court papers.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington
ruled in 2024
that the company used unlawful tactics to maintain its dominance in online search. Google will urge a federal appeals court to reverse that ruling, it said in court papers on Friday.
And Mehta went too far in trying to level the playing field by ordering the company to
share its data with competitors
including generative artificial intelligence companies such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Google said.
If Google complies, it risks exposing trade secrets with no way to recover them if it wins on appeal, the company said, asking Mehta to pause that part of his ruling.

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- Alphabet’s Google has requested a judge to delay sharing data with competitors while appealing a ruling regarding its alleged illegal monopoly in online search.  
- U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta previously determined that Google employed unlawful tactics to maintain its market dominance.  
- Google argues that complying with the ruling could expose sensitive trade secrets, thus seeking to pause that requirement during the appeal process.

Google asks US judge to defer order forcing it to share data while it appeals