Record EU fine punished Google’s innovation, it tells court as it seeks to annul decision

A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit (GOOGL.O) told Europe’s top court, as it asked judges to scrap the EU decision.

Google’s appeal to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union comes two years after a lower tribunal sided with the European Commission which said the company used its Android