Epic Games v. Google antitrust case
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Epic challenged Google Play billing and distribution rules. A jury found for Epic in December 2023 and the court ordered Google to open Android to rival app stores.
The case
- Court
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket
- 3:20-cv-05671
- Filed
- Aug 13, 2020
- Status
- Decided
- Outcome
- Jury verdict for Epic (Dec 2023); injunction opening Google Play to rival stores
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Epic Games, Inc. v. Google LLC et al.
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