Google is under fire from Judge Colm Mac Eochaidh of the EU General Court | Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images EU judge tells Google it landed on Monopoly’s ‘Go to jail’ square Search giant’s favoritism of its own shopping service is a clear infraction, says judge.

LUXEMBOURG — Judge Colm Mac Eochaidh of the EU General Court told Google today he saw the company's favoritism of its own shopping service as a clear infraction, and insisted that in Monopoly terms the internet giant had landed on "Go to jail."

On day two of the hearing in which Google is appealing the European Commission's decision fining it €2.42 billion for abusing its dominance over rival comparison shopping services, Mac Eochaidh signalled that he seemed to have already made up his mind in support of the Commission. He is one of five judges hearing the appeal.

"For me, this case is about visibility. It is perfectly apparent that you have promoted your own and demoted others," the Irish judge told Google's lawyers, in an unusually outspoken interjection, adding that he saw that as a clear infraction.

The judge at several times interrupted the responses of Google's lawyers, and told lawyer Meredith Pickford: "You’re now obfuscating — with the greatest of respect. We’re playing a Monopoly game. I think you landed on the 'Go directly to jail' case, do not pass by go."

None of the other judges on the panel has so far clearly indicated their thinking.

Mac Eochaidh was speaking figuratively. The EU can impose fines in competition cases, but they do not fall under criminal law.