Dating app developer Match Group settles antitrust claims against Google prior to start of trial
Alphabet’s Google has settled claims by dating app developer Match Group that it monopolized Android app distribution with its Play Store, leavingmaker Epic Games as the sole plaintiff in an antitrust trial against Google set to begin Nov. 6.
In a statement, Google said it was “pleased to reach a settlement agreement with Match Group.” Google also recently settled related antitrust claims from U.S. states and consumers for undisclosed terms. Jury selection in the Epic and Match case was set to begin this week before U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco. Epic is seeking an injunction to bar alleged violations of U.S. antitrust law.
Epic and Match accused Google of maintaining an unlawful monopoly in the distribution of Android apps. The companies have claimed Google “extracts billions in monopoly profits and suppresses innovation and choice in multiple markets.”
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