As part of a third -party procedure in opposition to the order of February 7, Google’s lawyers therefore came to explain this Wednesday that Proxistore had the bad habit of not honoring its invoices on time. After many warnings, Google would have made the decision to suspend its service, to relaunch it upon payment received from the amounts due. In addition, Proxistore would not meet the conditions to introduce a unilateral request, having not demonstrated the extreme urgency of the situation or any damage. Finally, according to the lawyers of the American giant, the Brabançon court would simply not be competent to process the file. It is in Ireland that Google’s servers are located and there is no sufficient connection with Belgium, they argued.
“There was extreme urgency”
Proxistore lawyer challenged the absence of absolute necessity in the unilateral request which had been filed. “”You saved the business (with the prescription, editor’s note)there was extreme urgency “he addressed to the president, pointing to the immediate risk of bankruptcy for the Wavrienne company. When the unilateral request was filed, in early February, seven days had passed without proxistore being able to have access to Google’s servers, when it had to mop all its debts. To justify this period, Google has this time mentioned a technical problem …
The Tribunal of Nivelles took the case under deliberation and will render its judgment, on the confirmation or the revocation of the order, on May 21.
The Belgian company Proxistore files a new complaint against Google: “We are shaking public apology”
