Google granted request to pause 'dangerous remedies' to Play store in blow to Epic Games
In the Epic Games lawsuit, a jury last year found that Google illegally monopolized how consumers download apps on Android devices and how they pay for in-app transactions.
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 give consumers more choice over how they download software.
San Francisco-based US District Judge James Donato made the decision on Friday as part of an antitrust lawsuit against Google brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. Google argued that Donato’s Oct. 7 injunction would harm the company and introduce “serious safety, security and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem.”
Donato delayed the injunction to allow the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to consider Google’s separate request to pause the judge’s order. Donato denied Google’s separate request to pause the order for the duration of its broader appeal in the case.
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