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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001454938-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TEAD"
cik: "0001454938"
company_name: "Teads Holding Co."
filed_at: "2026-08-03T21:21:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-03T21:24:13.999575+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Teads files antitrust lawsuit against Google seeking damages for ad tech monopolization

## Summary
- Filed lawsuit in SDNY against Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. seeking financial damages and injunctive relief.
- Lawsuit follows April 2025 federal court ruling that Google unlawfully monopolized publisher ad server and ad exchange markets.
- Teads alleges Google's anticompetitive conduct (tying, Project Bernanke, Last Look) suppressed competition and harmed Teads' revenue and scale.
- Teads seeks compensation for lost profits and an injunction to restore competition in digital ad tech markets.
- Teads warns of potential retaliatory actions by Google that could disrupt its business and revenue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001454938-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TEAD
- cik: 0001454938
- company_name: Teads Holding Co.
- filed_at: 2026-08-03T21:21:56+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1454938/000145493826000048/0001454938-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1454938/000145493826000048/tead-20260803.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001454938-26-000048.txt

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