Epic is denounced illegal competition on Android devices in a lawsuit won by gaming companies in 2023.
Released on September 25th, 2025
Google says it has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend a crucial portion of the judge’s order enforcing major changes to App Store Play as it prepares to appeal its decision in a lawsuit filed by Fortnite Maker Epic Games.
In a filing later Wednesday, the Alphabet-owned company, called an unprecedented federal judge order, will cause reputational damage and put it at a competitive disadvantage when it becomes effective.
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Epic sued Google in 2020, accusing consumers of accessing the app on their Android devices, paying in-app transactions in violation of US antitrust laws, and winning a ju trial in San Francisco in 2023.
The injunction issued in the case last year by US District Judge James Donato requires Google to download rival app stores within the Play Store and make Play’s app catalog available to competitors. Google also allows developers to include external links in their apps, allowing users to bypass Google’s billing system.
Google said in a Supreme Court filing that the change would have significant results for more than 100 million US Android users and 500,000 developers. It asked the court to decide whether to hold the order by October 17th.
Google said it plans to file an appeal with the Supreme Court by October 27th.
Epic did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The ju judge, who tasted the epic at the trial, discovered that Google had illegally suppressed it. Donato then issued an order instructing Google to change the App Store.
Google has denied fraud.
In July, a three-judicial panel of judges from the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the injunction, finding that Epic’s case records were “full of evidence that Google’s anti-competitive conduct has entrenched its control.”
The entire 9th Circuit on September 12th rejected Google’s request to confirm the panel’s decision.
In a social media post, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney praised the 9th Circuit’s decision, saying developers and consumers will benefit from it soon.
Google faces other lawsuits from the government, consumers and commercial plaintiffs, challenging its search and advertising business practices.
On Wall Street, alphabet stocks were heading down. As of 10:30am (14:30 GMT) in New York, inventory fell 0.75%.
