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Google has said data sharing would give away its IP

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Company avoids forced Chrome sale

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Google has said it will file an appeal in the case

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By Jody Godoy

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google must

share data with rivals to open up competition in online search,

a judge in Washington ruled on Tuesday, while rejecting

prosecutors' bid to make the internet giant sell off its popular

Chrome browser and Android operating system.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed concerns at trial in the case

in April that the data-sharing measures sought by the U.S.

Department of Justice could enable Google's rivals to

reverse-engineer its technology.

Google has said previously that it plans to file an appeal,

which means it could take years before the company is required

to act on the ruling.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta also barred Google from entering

into exclusive agreements that would prohibit device makers from

preinstalling rival products on new devices.

Google had argued that loosening its agreements with device

makers, browser developers and mobile network operators was the

only appropriate remedy in the case. Its most recent deals with

device makers Samsung Electronics and Motorola and

wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon allow them to load rival

search offerings, according to documents shown at trial in

April.

The ruling results from a five-year legal battle between one of

the world's most profitable companies and its home country, the

U.S., where Mehta ruled last year that the company holds an

illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.

At a trial in April, prosecutors argued for far-reaching

remedies to restore competition and prevent Google from

extending its dominance in search to artificial intelligence.

Google said the proposals would go far beyond what is

legally justified and would give away its technology to

competitors.

In addition to the case over search, Google is embroiled in

litigation over its dominance in other markets.

The company recently said it will continue to fight a ruling

requiring it to revamp its app store in a lawsuit won by

"Fortnite" maker Epic Games.

And Google is scheduled to go to trial in September to determine

remedies in a separate case brought by the Justice Department

where a judge found the company holds illegal monopolies in

online advertising technology.

The Justice Department's two cases against Google are part

of a larger bipartisan crackdown by the U.S. on Big Tech firms,

which began during President Donald Trump's first term and

includes cases against Meta Platforms ( META ), Amazon ( AMZN )

and Apple ( AAPL ).