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Epic Games triumphs in Australian antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Google

By Saloni Sinha and James Panichi ( August 12, 2025, 07:00 GMT | Insight) -- Apple and Google suffered a damaging defeat in an Australian antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games today, with a landmark court ruling finding both tech giants abused their market power — although the judge rejected key allegations over Google’s technical restrictions. While delivering his verdict in the case against Apple, Federal Court of Australia Judge Jonathan Beach said both Apple and Google held substantial market power and contravened provisions of the 2010 Competition and Consumer Act that deal with the misuse of market power. Apple and Google suffered a damaging defeat in an Australian antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games today, with a landmark court ruling finding both tech giants abused their market power — although the judge rejected key allegations over Google’s technical restrictions....

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