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“To collect and maintain this extravagant commission, Google has employed anticompetitive tactics to diminish and disincentivize competition in Android app distribution,” the lawsuit stated.
“Google has not only targeted potentially competing app stores, but also has ensured that app developers themselves have no reasonable choice but to distribute their apps through the Google Play Store,” it added.
Google said last September it would ramp up enforcement of its policies, drawing criticism from app makers. Google’s Play Store is far more widely used than similar products from Amazon.com Inc, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and others.
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A sign is seen at the entrance to the Google retail store in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday, according to an entry in the court docket.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint was not immediately available.
The states have been expected to file a lawsuit saying that the search and advertising giant violates antitrust law in running its app store for Android phones, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Gabara v. Facebook, Inc., No. 2020-2333
Gabara sued Facebook Inc. in the Southern District of New York
asserting infringement of several patents relating to imaging
technology. Facebook moved to dismiss, arguing the claims of the
asserted patents were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The
district court granted Facebook s motion. It found at
Alice Step One that the claims were directed to the
abstract idea of [m]oving the device to change one s view
of the image. At
Alice Step Two, the district court
found no inventive concept, finding the patents employ
conventional computer hardware and processes, in an ordinary
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Samsung Electronics flags 53per cent jump in Q2 profit, tops estimates Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday its second-quarter operating profit likely jumped 53per cent, beating analysts estimates, as strong chip prices and demand lifted earnings.
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SEOUL -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday reported a likely 53per cent jump in second-quarter operating profit, beating market estimates on the back of strong chip prices and demand despite lower smartphone sales.