(Bloomberg) Antitrust battles between Google and Microsoft could increase following the expiry of a five-year non-aggression agreement in April.
Under the previous pact, Google and Microsoft had agreed not to engage in lobbying firepower against each other.
The expiry of the non-aggression agreement means that the tech giants can now engage in public complaints and lobbying efforts against one another.
The end of the pact happens when regulators are pouncing on big tech, with the two rivals already engaged in conflict over search engines, cloud computing, and market dominance.
The expiry of the pact opens Microsoft, Google, and peers to scrutiny as it leaves the tech giants turning to regulators in solving their differences.
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