Korea’s High Court upholds 224.9 billion won fine against Google

The Seoul High Court has upheld the 220 billion won fine imposed by the Fair Trade Commission on Google for prohibiting smartphone manufacturers, such as Samsung Electronics, from utilizing mobile operating system (OS) aside from Android, which was legal. On Jan 24, Seoul High Court's Administrative Division 6-3 ruled that the plaintiff lost the lawsuit filed by Google against the Fair Trade Commission, requesting to reverse the fine and order the correction of the practice.