Google Must Make it Easier for App Stores to Compete on Android, Judge Rules -- WSJ

Dow Jones10-08

By Miles Kruppa

A judge ordered Google to make it easier for developers of mobile app stores to compete on phones and tablets that use the company's Android software, a blow to the search giant as it navigates numerous legal threats.

The injunction issued Monday by U.S. District Judge James Donato is the result of Google's loss to "Fortnite" developer Epic Games in a jury trial last December. Epic, which operates its own app store, argued that Google used its power over Android to take excess profits from app developers through its Play Store. Google has said it plans to appeal the ruling.

Donato ordered Google to allow third parties to access the company's Play Store catalog of apps to build competing offerings. He also barred Google from paying incentives to app developers to release an app first or exclusively on the Play Store, as well as to device manufacturers to pre-install the Play Store in a specific location or not pre-install a competing app store.

The injunction will begin taking effect next month, with many of the remedies lasting three years. A Google spokesman said the company didn't have any immediate comment.

Updates to follow as news develops.

Write to Miles Kruppa at miles.kruppa@wsj.com

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October 07, 2024 15:33 ET (19:33 GMT)

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