"The jury found that Google's conduct violated the antitrust laws and substantially harmed competition in the relevant markets, and directly injured Epic," judge Donato wrote, explaining the injunction. "The jury rejected Google's proffered procompetitive justifications for its conduct. Consequently, the Court concludes that Epic has prevailed on the UCL claim against Google under the unlawful and unfair prongs."
Noting that Google had "fired a blunderbuss of comments and complaints that are underdeveloped and consequently unhelpful in deciding the issues," judge Donato put an end to the extensive input afforded to both sides about the specifics of the injunction that follows from the verdict.
Google, in a blog post, unsurprisingly disagreed - it is appealing the verdict and will ask the courts to pause the injunction until its appeal is heard. "These Epic-requested changes stem from a decision that is completely contrary to another court's rejection of similar claims Epic made against Apple..." wrote Lee-Anne Mulholland, VP of regulatory affairs at Google.
Mulholland argues that the court-ordered changes would hinder Google's - and the wider Android ecosystem's - ability to compete with Apple's ecosystem."
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