War on two fronts: Epic Games is preparing to sue Google – the proceedings may begin as early as next year

Litigation between Apple and Epic Gamesinitiated amid a conflict of interest regarding monetization Fortnite, attracts a lot of attention and consistently flashes in the news, but many forget that there is a third party to the high-profile conflict. It’s about a corporation Google

As with the platform AppStore from Apple, implementation of a new monetization system Fortniteprepared by Epic Games, also violated site conditions Google play… As a result Fortnite disappeared from the game service Google, but the court had to settle the situation.

Moreover, in contrast to the situation Apple, legal proceedings Tim Sweeney from Google somewhat skidded on the spot. Previously, the American corporation instructed that its conflict with Epic developed according to a scenario completely separate from “Apple“due to the fact that between iOS and Android there are critical differences in the principles of content distribution.

Considering the above, the lawyers Google sent a request to the court with a request that the case began to be actively pursued only in 2023, however judge James Donato rejected the petition, stating that no one intends to wait so many months and that the parties “should hurry up

In its turn Epic Games proposed an alternative date for the official start of a new corporate war – February next year

Meanwhile, according to preliminary plans, the results of the judicial conflict Apple and Epic Games we can find out already in May next year.

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