Google loses to Epic Games in Play Store appeal

Google has failed to overturn a jury verdict that sees it having to allow third-party App Stores such as one by Epic Games.

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Epic Games vs Google sounds like a repeat or a parallel world version of Epic Games vs Apple, but in this case the games company won decisively, and Google has now failed to overturn that on appeal. According to Reuters, Google's appeal centered on alleged legal errors in the case, but the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously rejected the claims.

Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown ruled that the case Epic Games brought was "replete with evidence that Google's anticompetitive conduct entrenched its dominance."Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums