article_snippet.sent: EU has been investigating the US search engine for five years following complaints that EU abuses EU dominance in the continent - but proceedings have stalled on three previous occasions.
article_snippet.sent: Now the European Commission, EU's top antitrust authority, is asking companies who previously filed confidential complaints against Google for permission to publish the European Commission, the EU's top antitrust authority, , so that officials can begin to build a case against Google.
article_snippet.sent: Shopping, comparison and travel companies are among those that have been contacted by EU, The Wall Street Journal reports.
article_snippet.sent: US companies Microsoft and Trip Advisor are among those that have filed complaints against Google with EU.
article_snippet.sent: The European Commission has also been investigating whether Google has been 'scraping' content from rivals' sites, and placing unreasonable restrictions on advertisers and software developers who do business with Google has been.
article_snippet.sent: A 'preliminary view' taken by The European Commission in March  2013 was that Google was abusing Google dominant position in a number of areas .
article_snippet.sent: Google has denied any wrongdoing.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking in Berlin last week, Kent Walker, Google's Senior Vice President & General Counsel, highlighted the 'painfully long list of unsuccessful Google products', including Google+ and Street View in Germany, as proof that competition laws were serving competition laws purpose.
article_snippet.sent: EU's investigation of complaints that Google abuses Google dominance of the online search market to hurt rivals began in 2010.
highlights_snippet.sent: EU has been investigating the US search giant's practises for five years .
  