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Epic Games settled its antitrust case against Samsung Electronics (OTCPK:SSNLF) which alleged that Samsung and Google conspired to block rival app marketplaces through default settings on mobile devices sold by Samsung.
In a court filing, Epic dismissed all of the antitrust claims against Samsung and Alphabet unit Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL). Google remains a defendant on several non-antitrust claims, Bloomberg News reported.
“We’re dismissing our court case against Samsung following the parties’ discussions. We are grateful that Samsung will address Epic’s concerns,” said Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney in a post on X.
Google and Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
The Samsung related case was filed in September last year in San Francisco federal court. Epic accused Google of seeking to preserve its market dominance with the help of Samsung.
In July 2024, Samsung noted that all its phones will have a default setting to a program aimed at preventing malicious software, but also would block downloads of Android apps which compete with the Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store, including apps launched last year by Epic, Microsoft and others, as per the lawwsuit, the report added.
Epic was seeking a halt to the alleged anticompetitive practice and unspecified damages.
In a separate case, Epic, which makes the popular video game Fortnite, won its antitrust case against Google in December 2023 after a jury found that the search giant’s Play app store is operating as an illegal monopoly. Last year in October, Google said it was appealing the court verdict ruled in favor of Epic.
In August 2024, Epic launched its own mobile app store to distribute its games, including Fortnite, but has faced challenges as users lean towards using phones’ default app stores, the report added.