Supreme Court rejected Google to review cassation appeal against FAS

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation denied Google’s appeal in a dispute with the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, according to Vedomosti. The materials of the court speak about the refusal to “transfer the cassation appeal (submission) for consideration at the judicial session of the Judicial Panel of the RF Supreme Court.”

Recall that in late January, Google filed a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court so that its dispute with the FAS would be referred to the court for intellectual property rights.

In September 2015, the FAS found Google to be guilty of unfair competition, obliged to make changes to contracts with vendors and manufacturers of smartphones, and in 2016 fined the giant for 438 million rubles. The complaint was initiated by the Russian company Yandex.

The violations were that Google obliged all suppliers and manufacturers to preinstall the company's application package on their free Android OS, simultaneously blocking such agreements with other software manufacturers. The company also obliged to set the default search Google.

After the verdict, Google tried unsuccessfully to appeal to the arbitral tribunal, and now to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. In both cases, the appeals of the search giant were rejected.

Back in August 2016, FAS announced that Google has 8 days to fulfill the prescriber’s regulations and pay a fine of 438 million rubles. However, after more than six months, the company only partially fulfilled the FAS decision, and the fine has not yet been paid.

On the other hand, Google can challenge the decision of anti-monopoly companies within a year from the moment of issuing prescriptions and fines, which is what the company's lawyers are actively engaged in.