Google has submitted a legal filing that proposes new limits to revenue-sharing agreements with companies, in response to the U.S Department of Justice's ongoing case with the internet giant.
Back in August, a landmark court ruling saw federal Judge Amit Mehta rule that Google maintained an illegal monopoly and proposed the sale of its Chrome browser as part of a suite of changes.
Other overhaul suggestions included a five-year ban from entering the browser market and a block on paying third parties to make Google the default search engine on their products, which Apple currently does.
Google at the time promised they would seek to have the decision reversed and has now pushed back with the legal filing submitted last week, searching for a middle ground by arguing it should be allowed to continue entering into those contracts with other companies, yet also widening the options it offers as well as the ability for partners to change their default search provider at least every 12 months.
The changes were filed in response to a court-mandated deadline.
Calling the initial ruling “overboard”, Google said in a statement that even the new middle ground counterproposals would come at a cost to their partners.
Mehta is expected to issue a decision on the stoush by August of next year after a trial takes place.
