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Epic Games filed for an injunction that would have allowed third-party app stores on the Google Play Store for six years.
As Reuters reported, the request was filed with US District Judge James Donato in San Francisco, California on April 11.
Epic’s proposals include that Google should allow access to its Play Store app catalog and allow app library transfers for six years.
The proposal included several actions that Google should be banned from; which are listed below:
- Location and pre-installation conditions for third-party app stores
- Agreements with actual or potential competing distributors
- There is no exclusivity
- There is no most favored nation and no restrictions on differentiated content
- There are no restrictions on removing developer apps from the Google Play Store
“The goal of this ban is to open it up to competition [in] two markets determined by the jury: the market for the distribution of Android applications and the market for Android in-app payment services for transactions of digital goods and services, for the benefit of developers of Android applications, developers of payment solutions for use in Android applications and users of Android mobile devices,” it states Epic Games in the filing.
Additionally, Epic proposes that Google establish a compliance committee and retain a compliance officer to comply with the antitrust and prohibition laws.
The tech giant’s filing states, “Google will provide the Compliance Officer with all necessary authority and resources to fulfill the responsibilities set forth herein.”
“The compliance officer may only remove the compliance committee for good cause unrelated to the performance of the duties set forth below in good faith, with ordinary diligence, and with devotion to the assigned role.”
Although Android is already open to alternative app stores, Google Play is still the dominant market.
The Fortnite maker filed for an injunction four months after winning an antitrust lawsuit against Google.