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Google said Friday that a federal judge in California granted its request to pause hisΒ orderΒ directing the AlphabetΒ unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. 1 to give consumers more choice over how they download software.
San Francisco-based US District Judge James Donato made the decision onΒ FridayΒ as part of an antitrust lawsuit against Google brought by βFortniteβ maker Epic Games. Google argued that Donatoβs Oct. 7 injunction would harm the company and introduce βserious safety, security and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem.β
Donato delayed the injunction to allow the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to consider Googleβs separate request to pause the judgeβs order. Donato deniedΒ Googleβs separate request to pause the order for the duration of its broader appeal in the case.
βWeβre pleased with the District Courtβs decision to temporarily pause the implementation of dangerous remedies demanded by Epic, as the Court of Appeal considers our request to further pause the remedies while we appeal,β Google said in a statement.
Epic declined to comment on Donatoβs order.
In the Epic Games lawsuit,Β a juryΒ last year found that Google illegally monopolized how consumers download apps on Android devices and how they pay for in-app transactions.
The judge, in his order, embraced many of the steps recommended by Epic in light of the juryβs decision.
The order required Google to allow users to download competing third-party Android app platforms or stores in Play and to allow the use of competing in-app payment methods.
It also barred Google from making payments to device makers to preinstall its app store and from sharing revenue generated from the Play store with other app distributors.
Google has already appealed the juryβs antitrust findings to the 9th Circuit. Google has not yet presented its antitrust arguments to the appeals court.
It previously has said that it cannot be considered a monopolist because Play and Appleβs App Store are direct competitors, and that Donatoβs injunction would unlawfully force Google to do business with rivals.