Google asks US appeals court to reject app store monopoly verdict

Alphabet’s Google asked a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to throw out a jury verdict and a judge’s order forcing it to revamp its app store Play.

In its first detailed argument to the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Google said the trial judge made legal errors that unfairly benefited the plaintiff, “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.

Requiring a “dramatic redesign” of Google Play and its mobile-device operating system Android will hurt app developers and consumers, Google said in its court filing.