Apple Moves to Fight US Effort to Upend Search Deals With Google

Apple Inc. is seeking to fight the US over a proposal in its monopoly case against Alphabet Inc.’s Google that would prohibit the search giant from entering into commercial deals with the iPhone maker.

Apple wants to participate as a party in the dispute to defend what it called its “contractual interests,” according to a Dec. 23 motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

The company said Google could no longer adequately represent those interests, while arguing that the Justice Department’s efforts would hurt consumers and stifle innovation in areas such as artificial intelligence.

The move ...