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Germany's biggest newspaper publisher, Axel Springer and 40
other publishers had accused Alphabet Inc's Google of unfair
treatment.
The court had rejected the case in April, saying that Google's
business model was a "win-win" proposition for both parties.
Although Google had a 90 percent share of the German market, the
company was not treating certain publishers unfairly, the court
said.
Jan Hegemann, a lawyer representing the publishers, told Reuters
that they would continue to press their case about Google's
alleged abuse of market power, and had filed the appeal late
last week.
The conflict centers on a long-standing row over payments for
newspaper content, which Google makes freely available via its
online platforms Google News, YouTube and other services.
While some in the media industry accuse Google of making money
at its expense, the Silicon Valley company says publishers
profit from advertising revenue generated through its site.
The unfair treatment allegation centered on what German
publishers said were threats by Google to punish those media
outlets which demanded payment by displaying abbreviated
versions of their stories.
A related ruling on whether Germany publishers should receive
payments from Google for displaying their news articles is still
outstanding.
(Reporting by Klaus Lauer; writing by Andrea Shalal; editing by
Joseph Nasr and Louise Heavens)
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