{"id":240968,"date":"2024-10-08T13:33:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=240968"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:33:57","slug":"google-has-been-ordered-to-open-android-app-store-in-epic-games-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/google-has-been-ordered-to-open-android-app-store-in-epic-games-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Has Been Ordered To Open Android app store in Epic Games Litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google will have to provide options to its Google Play store for Android app downloads after a U.S. judge granted a permanent injunction on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TakeAway Points:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A U.S. judge has granted a permanent injunction compelling Google to provide Google Play Store substitutes for Android app downloads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge James Donato\u2019s decision in a California court is the most important result of Epic Games\u2019 2020 antitrust lawsuit against Google.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epic and Google will also form a three-person committee that will assess technical concerns connected to Google\u2019s compliance, according to the petition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Google to allow access to the Android app market<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A U.S. judge issued a permanent injunction on Monday that will force Google to offer alternatives to its Google Play store for downloading apps on Android phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google will also be restricted from paying fees or sharing revenue with companies in exchange for them choosing not to compete with Google\u2019s app store. Alphabet stock took a leg lower on the news and was down more than 2% Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ruling from Judge James Donato in California is the most significant outcome of Epic Games\u2019 antitrust lawsuit against Google, which kicked off in 2020. The Fortnite maker accused Google of anti-competitive practices, including paying hardware companies and Android phone makers to not develop competing app stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision could lead to developers getting a bigger share of the market, as both Google and Apple\u2019s app stores typically take between 15% and 30% of total sales for high-grossing apps. The new restrictions on Google Play may allow developers to keep more revenue by bypassing Google\u2019s rules or fees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumers spent $124 billion on apps in 2023, according to Sensor Tower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the filing, starting in November, for three years, Google will not be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay companies to launch apps exclusively or first on Google Play<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay companies so they do not compete with Google Play<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay companies to preinstall Google Play on new devices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Require app makers to use Google Play Billing, or prohibit app makers from telling their users about cheaper online goods on their website (Google Play takes between 15% and 30% of in-app purchases as a fee from large app makers)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google will also have to permit competing Android app stores to access Google Play\u2019s catalogue of apps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google will have to carry third-party Android app stores on its Google Play app store.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Three-person committee<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epic Games and Google will also form a three-person committee that will review technical issues related to Google\u2019s compliance, according to the filing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company publishes titles such as Fortnite, which are monetized through in-app purchases of character costumes and other so-called \u201cskins,\u201d and challenged Google and Apple\u2019s contractual control of mobile app distribution in 2020, offering less-expensive purchases of Fortnite\u2019s in-game currency, violating app store rules, and kicking off the lawsuits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techbullion.com\/epic-games-accuses-google-and-samsung-of-plotting-to-obstruct-competitors-apps\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Epic Games<\/a> prevailed over Google late last year, and Monday\u2019s filing details the changes Google has to make. Epic Games mostly lost in a very similar suit against Apple and its control of the App Store. Google\u2019s trial was decided by a jury. Apple\u2019s trial was decided by a judge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Google trial, Epic Games focused on whether Google locked up the app store market through deals with handset makers, and whether it scared users away from using Android\u2019s sideloading functionality, which allows Android users to install apps from the web, through security warnings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney previously said Google\u2019s corporate culture contributed to Epic\u2019s win because Google officials often wrote down or documented business practices in emails or communications that came out during the trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Google moves to pend court decision<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/public-policy\/epic-games-verdict-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blog post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that it will ask the court to pause the pending changes, and will appeal the court\u2019s decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis means all app developers, store makers, carriers, and manufacturers have 3 years to build a vibrant and competitive Android ecosystem with such critical mass that Google can\u2019t stop it,\u201d Sweeney posted on social media.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techbullion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TechBullionLogo-3.png\" width=\"269\" height=\"74\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap--><br \/>\n<!--posts-nav-link--><br \/>\n<!--post-tags--><br \/>\n<!--social-sharing-bot--><br \/>\n<!--article-ad--><br \/>\n<!--comments-button--><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=670533c74580437f862978af6204d58d&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechbullion.com%2Fgoogle-has-been-ordered-to-open-android-app-store-in-epic-games-litigation%2F&amp;c=11582832887114745522&amp;mkt=en-gb\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominiclevent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19471\" src=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/litigation-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/1\/embed?mid=1w4tN9mf5kVdBXUXTq2KvwE23NmpUzEna\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px #ffffff none;\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=sc635csnrm8h9s9lq0cad6vkss@group.calendar.google.com\" name=\"myiFrame\" width=\"600px\" height=\"3px\" frameborder=\"1\" marginwidth=\"0px\" marginheight=\"0px\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dominiclevent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Business_Solicitors_London.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Dominic Levent Solicitors<\/div>\n<div>Email: Enquiries@dominiclevent.com<\/div>\n<div>Phone: 020 8347 6640<\/div>\n<div>Url: https:\/\/www.dominiclevent.com<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\">cash, check, credit card, invoice<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>1345 High Rd<\/div>\n<div>London, London N20 9HR<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google will have to provide options to its Google Play store for Android app downloads after a U.S. judge granted a permanent injunction on Monday. 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Judge James Donato\u2019s decision in a California court &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/google-has-been-ordered-to-open-android-app-store-in-epic-games-litigation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Has Been Ordered To Open Android app store in Epic Games Litigation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news1","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google Has Been Ordered To Open Android app store in Epic Games Litigation - Dominic Levent Solicitors Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/google-has-been-ordered-to-open-android-app-store-in-epic-games-litigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google Has Been Ordered To Open Android app store in Epic Games Litigation - Dominic Levent Solicitors Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Google will have to provide options to its Google Play store for Android app downloads after a U.S. judge granted a permanent injunction on Monday. 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