UNITED STATES: Late on Thursday, Alphabet Inc.’s Google sought a judge to dismiss a number of claims made about the way the search and advertising giant manages its Android app store by Epic, Match, and state attorneys general in the United States.
Google has filed a motion to put an end to pricey and drawn-out antitrust cases. It has requested a federal judge in Washington to reject the Justice Department’s allegations in an antitrust complaint and a complaint that the federal government filed this year be dismissed in a federal court in Virginia.
The company looks forward to proving itself at trial and defending the innovation that made Android successful and has filed a “targeted motion for partial summary judgement” to narrow the case for trial.
Google requested that five claims be dismissed in a court filing in California, one of which was a request to reject claims that the company violated the law by preventing the distribution of other app shops.
Google argued that it is not legally required to include more app stores in Android and that most Android phones already have multiple app stores preinstalled.
Google allegedly paid game developers to keep their titles in the Play Store and asked the court to reject claims linked to Project Hug. The tech giant asserted that game makers are free to establish other app shops and that the statute of limitations had passed due to revenue-sharing contracts with wireless carriers.
The Justice Department sued Google in 2020, charging it with improperly leveraging its market clout to stifle competitors. Although the decision to rein in Microsoft gave an opportunity to the tech giant and other companies to prosper, a settlement kept the business intact.
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