Epic Games Sues Google, Samsung for Alleged Federal and State Antitrust Violations

Epic's complaint was filed on Monday by Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff and Cravath, Swaine & Moore in San Francisco federal court and alleged violations of the Sherman Act and California law.

October 01, 2024 at 05:17 PM

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Antitrust

Kat Black

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Epic Games, which filed a previous lawsuit against Google in 2020, sued Samsung and Google for allegedly conspiring to monopolize the Android app market.
The complaint said that Samsung has a history of entering into handshake agreements with Google that preserve its monopoly status.

Epic Games, the maker of hit online video game "Fortnite," has sued Google and Samsung for allegedly breaching federal and California antitrust laws by colluding to monopolize the android app market via Samsung's Auto Blocker feature.

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