Google rivals can be on Samsung devices without distribution ban, company says
( August 25, 2026, 22:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Samsung Electronics filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, arguing that a lower court was correct to deny a distribution payment ban against Google in a monopoly case brought by the Department of Justice and a group of states. Samsung said that any suggestion that the absence of the ban would prevent Google’s search and GenAI rivals from securing distribution on Samsung mobile devices is "demonstrably false."See attached file. ...
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