Google misplaced its enchantment of a decide’s court docket order requiring the tech big to revamp its app retailer in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Video games, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The ninth U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals rejected Google’s argument that the trial decide made authorized errors within the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Video games.
Epic Video games first filed its lawsuit in 2020 and was capable of persuade a jury in 2023 that Google illegally stifled competitors. The trial decide ordered Google last October to open its app retailer to rivals and provides Android customers extra alternative relating to downloading apps. The order was on maintain pending the end result of Google’s enchantment.
Google argued to the appeals court docket that its Play Retailer competes with Apple’s App Retailer, and claimed that the trial decide unfairly prevented it from presenting that argument in protection towards Epic’s antitrust claims.