Google Challenges Court Order from Play Store Case in the United States, Begins Review for February Next Year.

Google has filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court from a case where Epic Games sued over the restriction of Play Store in the United States. The California court ruled in favor of Epic, ordering Google to open up Google Play Store to support competitor stores. Google has stated its intention to appeal the decision. The court has temporarily halted enforcement until November 1st.

The details of Google’s appeal document cite similar reasons to previous announcements, arguing that the court should consider overturning the previous order. This is because Epic previously sued Apple with the same reasoning, but Apple emerged victorious. Google also competes with Apple’s store and argues that the restriction is unwarranted. Furthermore, the order for Google to open up support for external stores via Google Play goes against the antitrust guidelines as it requires Google to create systems to accommodate competitors.

Google claims that the order goes beyond what Epic requested and the court did not clarify the reasoning behind this. Google argues that this order poses a significant risk to users who can easily access external apps without supervision, yet the court did not explain the impact of this risk.

Google will present its case further to the court on February 3rd next year.

TLDR: Google appeals court decision favoring Epic Games, arguing against the order to open up Google Play Store to support competitor stores.