Potentially pit google directly

Posted Dec 11, 2023

Epic lead attorney Gary Bornstein’s mini-podium is pointed directly at the jury — he’s maybe 12 feet away — and he’s telling the jury that Google has become the dominant distribution for Android apps because it’s a monopoly. He says its market share makes that clear. Epic has three claims:

monopolization unreasonable restraints of trade tying

He says he wants the jury to think about “power and conduct”: “What power does Google have in the relevant market, and what conduct has Google engaged in?”

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