Google said Friday that a federal judge in California granted its request to pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. 1 to present consumers more alternative over how they download software.
San Francisco-based US District Judge James Donato made the choice on Friday as a part of an antitrust lawsuit against Google brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. Google argued that Donato’s Oct. 7 injunction would harm the corporate and introduce “serious safety, security and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem.”
Donato delayed the injunction to permit the San Francisco-based ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to think about Google’s separate request to pause the judge’s order. Donato denied Google’s separate request to pause the order during its broader appeal within the case.
“We’re pleased with the District Court’s decision to temporarily pause the implementation of dangerous remedies demanded by Epic, because the Court of Appeal considers our request to further pause the remedies while we appeal,” Google said in an announcement.
Epic declined to comment on Donato’s order.
Within the Epic Games lawsuit, a jury last 12 months found that Google illegally monopolized how consumers download apps on Android devices and the way they pay for in-app transactions.
The judge, in his order, embraced lots of the steps advisable by Epic in light of the jury’s decision.
The order required Google to permit users to download competing third-party Android app platforms or stores in Play and to permit the usage of competing in-app payment methods.
It also barred Google from making payments to device makers to preinstall its app store and from sharing revenue generated from the Play store with other app distributors.
Google has already appealed the jury’s antitrust findings to the ninth Circuit. Google has not yet presented its antitrust arguments to the appeals court.
It previously has said that it can’t be considered a monopolist because Play and Apple’s App Store are direct competitors, and that Donato’s injunction would unlawfully force Google to do business with rivals.
Google said Friday that a federal judge in California granted its request to pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. 1 to present consumers more alternative over how they download software.
San Francisco-based US District Judge James Donato made the choice on Friday as a part of an antitrust lawsuit against Google brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. Google argued that Donato’s Oct. 7 injunction would harm the corporate and introduce “serious safety, security and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem.”
Donato delayed the injunction to permit the San Francisco-based ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to think about Google’s separate request to pause the judge’s order. Donato denied Google’s separate request to pause the order during its broader appeal within the case.
“We’re pleased with the District Court’s decision to temporarily pause the implementation of dangerous remedies demanded by Epic, because the Court of Appeal considers our request to further pause the remedies while we appeal,” Google said in an announcement.
Epic declined to comment on Donato’s order.
Within the Epic Games lawsuit, a jury last 12 months found that Google illegally monopolized how consumers download apps on Android devices and the way they pay for in-app transactions.
The judge, in his order, embraced lots of the steps advisable by Epic in light of the jury’s decision.
The order required Google to permit users to download competing third-party Android app platforms or stores in Play and to permit the usage of competing in-app payment methods.
It also barred Google from making payments to device makers to preinstall its app store and from sharing revenue generated from the Play store with other app distributors.
Google has already appealed the jury’s antitrust findings to the ninth Circuit. Google has not yet presented its antitrust arguments to the appeals court.
It previously has said that it can’t be considered a monopolist because Play and Apple’s App Store are direct competitors, and that Donato’s injunction would unlawfully force Google to do business with rivals.
