A French court has ruled against Google France in an intellectual property dispute, saying the company must pay a fine for allowing advertisers to tie their text notices to trademarked search terms.

France’s competition watchdog has slapped Google with a €1.1 million ($1.3 million) fine over “misleading” hotel rankings generated by the tech giant’s algorithms. The Directorate-General for ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF/AP) — France's antitrust watchdog fined Google the equivalent of $268 million this week for abusing its power in the field of online advertising. The search engine giant is also ...