competition during the ongoing Google lawsuit.
Friday night, Google filed a legal pleading which states that the injunction order from U.S District Judge James Donato could potentially harm the company and will introduce risks to the safety, security, and privacy of the Android Ecosystem.
Because this order will go into effect on the 1st of November, a unit of Alphabet has asked Judge James Donato to delay the order until the next appeal in the Google lawsuit.
The judge initially issued this injunction on October 7, in a case where Epic Games convinced a federal jury last year that Google has monopolized the way users and consumers download apps from the Play Store on Android devices and handle in-app payments.
After that, the judge then issued an order requiring the giant Google, starting on November 1st, to allow its users to download other third-party Android Apps store, and also will no longer be able to forbid competing in-app Play Store purchases. This judge’s order is also blocking Google from paying different device makers to preinstall its Apps Store on devices.
In the situation where U.S. Judge James Donato denies Google’s request, the company is entitled to ask the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in Sans Franciso to postpone the injunction while the Google antitrust lawsuit will lead to a Google lawsuit settlement.
On Thursday, Google filed its notice of appeal to the 9th Circuit, and the court will likely review and issue a decision regarding the Google lawsuit and Judge Donato’s ruling.
It should be mentioned that Epic Games filed a Google lawsuit first on August 13, 2020, simultaneous with its lawsuit against Apple. It is rumored that Epic Games aimed to create issues for both tech giants to avoid the 30% fee on in-app purchases.
Additionally, the Google lawsuit had the intention to promote a new update for the Fortnite game, where however both Google and Apple responded by removing Fortnite from their app stores.
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