Epic Games said it has agreed to settle ongoing antitrust litigation with Samsung over its Galaxy store policies and agreements with Google.
Epic Games had previously sued Samsung Electronics Co. for allegedly conspiring with Google to block rival app marketplaces through default settings on Samsung Galaxy mobile devices sold by South Korea’s electronics giant. Epic had previously sued Samsung an Google for auto-blocking the Fortnite download.
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, tweeted, “We’re dismissing our court case against Samsung following the parties’ discussions. We are grateful that Samsung will address Epic’s concerns.”
Litigation continues with Google on a number of different counts. Those counts still pending against Google include the allegation of trade libel in violation of California law, where Google warns users that they should consider not downloading “unknown apps …that might be harmful.” Epic said Google knows well that this is false, as it knows the links go to the Epic Games Store.
Epic also alleged that Google interfered in contractual relationships with consumers in reference to the above allegation. Epic also alleged that Google is interfering with Epic’s economic relationships with consumers and with developers.
