United States of America: Lawsuit concerning requirement for developers to use Google Play billing system (Epic Games v Google)

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Progress

Current status
under appeal
11 Oct 2024 under appeal
10 Oct 2024 under appeal
07 Oct 2024 in force
11 Dec 2023 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

11 Oct 2024
under appeal

Announced Google's motion for partial stay of injunction in lawsuit pertaining to alleged monopoly in Google play's billing system (Epic Games v Google) (Case No. 21-md-02981-JD)

On 11 October 2024, Google filed a motion for a partial stay in the permanent injunction pending an appeal in the lawsuit filed by Epic Games alleging that the requirement for developers to use the Google Play billing system represents monopolistic …

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
10 Oct 2024
under appeal

Announced appeal in lawsuit pertaining to alleged monopoly in Google play's billing system (Epic Games v Google) (Case No. 21-md-02981-JD)

On 10 October 2024, Google LLC and associated entities announced an appeal in the lawsuit filed by Epic Games alleging that the requirement for developers to use the Google Play billing system represents monopolistic and anti-competitive behaviour. …

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
07 Oct 2024
in force

Issued permanent injunction in civil lawsuit between Epic Games Inc. v. Google LLC. regarding Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation

On 7 October 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a permanent injunction regarding the civil lawsuit between Epic Games Inc. v. Google LLC, prohibiting Google from engaging in several anti-competitive…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
11 Dec 2023
under investigation

Issued ruling in a lawsuit concerning allegations that the requirement for developers to use the Google Play billing system represents monopolistic and anti-competitive behaviour (Epic Games v Google)

On 11 December 2023, the jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision in a case brought before the court alleging that the requirement for developers to use the Google Play billing system represe…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court

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