Google claimed that the trial judge made legal mistakes that unjustly favored the plaintiff, "Fortnite" creator Epic Games, in its first thorough argument before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, Alphabet's Google requested that a U.S. appeals court overturn a jury verdict and a judge's order requiring it to redesign its Play app store. Google claimed that the trial judge made legal mistakes that unjustly favored the plaintiff, "Fortnite" creator Epic Games, in its first thorough argument before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. In its court filing, Google claimed that requiring a "dramatic redesign" of Google Play and its mobile device operating system, Android, would harm both app developers and users. In its 2020 lawsuit, Epic accused Google of controlling the way users can access Android apps and pay for in-app purchases. Last year, the company from Cary, North Carol...