The French antitrust watchdog dismissed the lawsuit made against Microsoft.

PARIS (Reuters) – On Thursday, the French antitrust authority dismissed a lawsuit filed against Microsoft by local search engine Qwant, accusing the US corporation of abusing its dominating position.

The Autorite de la Concurrence, as the watchdog is called, stated that Qwant failed to present evidence sufficiently persuasive to support its accusations and denied to enforce the interim action against Microsoft requested by Qwant.

Qwant, which has previously depended on Microsoft’s Bing technology to serve search and news results, stated last month that it expects its complaint to be dismissed and that it will contest it in court or seek other remedies.

Qwant claimed that Microsoft put exclusive limits on it in search results and search advertising, limiting the latter’s capacity to create its own search engine and artificial intelligence. The French business also claimed that Microsoft preferred itself when allocating search advertising.

Microsoft is a prominent participant in search engine syndication, providing search results to smaller European rivals such as Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, and Lilo, in addition to Qwant.

Qwant did not immediately reply to a request for comment.