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Samsung and Epic Games call a truce in app store lawsuit
The Epic Store drama began several years ago when the company defied Google and Apple rules about accepting outside payments in the mega-popular Fortnite. Both stores pulled the app, and Epic sued. Apple emerged victorious,
Epic Games for Android will be available on Google Store following court ruling
A Ninth Circuit ruling this week sides in favor of Epic Games, allowing its Android app store to be placed within the Google Play Store. It's been reported that Google will seemingly seek an appeal, potentially through the "full Ninth Circuit first."
Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same
Today, a three-judge panel affirmed the lower court’s decision in Epic v. Google, according to a full opinion you can read below — and Google will now appeal again, the company confirms to The Verge.
Google loses appeal in Epic Games lawsuit
Google tried and failed on Thursday to persuade a U.S. appeals panel to rescind a jury verdict and federal court order in the Epic Games lawsuit that requires it to revamp its app store, Play. The San Francisco-based 9th U.
Google lost its antitrust case with Epic again
Google's attempt to appeal the decision in Epic v. Google has failed. In a newly released opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the original Epic v. Google lawsuit that found that Google's Play Store and payment systems are monopolies.
Google Appeal of Epic v. Google is Denied, Epic Games Wins Again
Epic Games seems to win even when it loses, but when it wins, it wins big. And it just won again, defeating Google's antitrust appeal.
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Fortnite developer Epic Games claims victory over Google in Play Store battle
Fortnite’s developer continues its courtroom saga as Google appeals the judge's year-old decision to allow the Epic Games ...
Court upholds Epic win in Google Play Store antitrust battle
The three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals affirmed the previous order forbidding Google from engaging in ...
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Epic lawsuit says Samsung “coordinated” with Google to get around ...
Epic's newly filed federal lawsuit focuses on Samsung's Auto Blocker feature, a setting designed to prevent Galaxy smartphone users from downloading "unauthorized" apps from third-party sources ...
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Epic Games accuses Google, Samsung of illegal collusion with 'auto ...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is pictured. Getty Images In the new antitrust suit filed in California federal court, Epic focused on a Samsung feature called “Auto Blocker,” which is turned on by ...
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Epic Sues Samsung Over OneUI’s ‘Auto Blocker’ Setting
Epic is suing Samsung, saying its phones’ UI is built to restrict competition, namely the Epic Games Store. Samsung’s latest OneUI update, 6.1.1, was built on Android 14 and blocked app ...
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Epic Games Accuses Samsung and Google of Colluding to Prevent ...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said that he did not have proof that Google and Samsung had colluded on the Auto Blocker feature, but he is hoping to find evidence during the document discovery process ...
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Epic is suing Samsung and Google for One UI's Auto Blocker shenanigans
Epic has filed a court case against Google and Samsung over “coordinated efforts to block competition in app distribution on Samsung devices,” namely through the Auto Blocker feature on One UI ...
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Epic reaches mystery settlement with Samsung days before new Galaxy ...
Epic Games has dropped all its claims against Samsung, saying it’s reached a settlement, days before Samsung is due to announce new phones at Samsung Unpacked.