In a declaration filed on Monday, Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, asserted that Apple has no interest in creating its own search engine and would prefer to continue to use Google.

Apple has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year for making Google the default search engine on its Safari browser.

Apple (AAPL) has taken a significant step in the ongoing antitrust saga surrounding Google’s search engine dominance, requesting to participate in the upcoming US trial. This move underscores the iPhone maker’s concern about its revenue-sharing agreements with Google,

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has asked if it can testify in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, Reuters reported Tuesday, saying it cannot rely on Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to defend revenue-sharing agreements that earn the iPhone maker billions each year.