Microsoft, Yahoo square off before senate panel
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft's lawyers battled attorneys for Google and Yahoo before a Senate subcommittee today, sparring over the competitive implications of the latter two companies' recent search and advertising agreement.
In testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, blasted its rivals' deal as blatantly anticompetitive.
Through the partnership, Yahoo would import ads from Google to display on a portion of its search results.