FairSearch

FairSearch is a group of organizations that lobby against Google's market dominance in online search and related practices.

[8] In September 2012 Oracle and Nokia joined[9] in filing a complaint regarding Android with the European Commission, alleging that its free-of-charge distribution model constituted anti-competitive predatory pricing.

[10] FairSearch hired Thomas Vinje, a top antitrust lawyer from Clifford Chance, as well as the PR firms Burson Marsteller and FIPRA International, to lobby lawmakers and journalists.

In the EU transparency register, Burson Marsteller acknowledges having received up to €199,999 from FairSearch in 2016, and FIPRA International €49,999.

"The origin of the money to pay these outside advisers remains unknown.”[12] In December 2016, Microsoft quietly removed its financial support from FairSearch.