Google asks US appeals court to block app store overhaul
Adds comment from Google in paragraph 5
By Mike Scarcella
Oct 17 (Reuters) -Google has asked a U.S. appeals court to block a judge’s order requiring the Alphabet GOOGL.O unit to redesign its app store Play, as the tech giant prepares for what could be a lengthy appeal in its antitrust battle with "Fortnite" maker Epic Games.
In a filing on Wednesday night, Google urged the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to pause an Oct. 7 order by U.S. District Judge James Donato that would compel the company to redesign its app store to foster more competition.
Donato is set to hear arguments on Friday on an earlier request by Google to put his order on hold while the 9th Circuit weighs a jury's antitrust findings in the case. Donato’s order is currently due to take effect on Nov. 1.
"This is Google’s last ditch effort to protect their control over Android and continue extracting exorbitant fees," an Epic Games spokesperson said in a statement. "The court’s injunction must go into effect swiftly so developers and consumers can benefit from competition in the mobile ecosystem."
Google in a statement said Donato's order "would have negative consequences for Android users, developers and device manufacturers who have built thriving businesses on Android."
Epic persuaded a federal jury in December that Google was illegally monopolizing Android software distribution and controlling how users pay for content with apps.
Donato’s injunction requires Google to make a host of changes to its app business, including allowing users to download third-party app stores within Play, and to make Play’s library of more than 2 million apps available to rivals’ stores.
“The court gave Google just three weeks to make many of these sweeping changes — a Herculean task creating an unacceptable risk of safety and security failures within the Android ecosystem,” Google’s lawyers told the appeals court on Thursday.
Google added a prominent appellate team headlined by Neal Katyal of the Hogan Lovells law firm to handle the appeal.
Epic mostly lost a parallel antitrust lawsuit it filed in 2020 against Apple. Apple was required to make some changes to its App Store, and the company is still fighting with Epic about the scope of those reforms.
The case is Epic Games v Google, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Nos. 24-6256 and 24-6274.
For Google: Neal Katyal and Jessica Ellsworth of Hogan Lovells; Glenn Pomerantz of Munger, Tolles & Olson; and Brian C. Rocca of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
For Epic: Christine Varney, Gary Bornstein and Yonatan Even of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
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