Overview

• Google requested that the justices decide on a stay by October 17, 2025 and said it will file its petition for Supreme Court review by October 27, 2025.
• The contested injunction would require Google to allow third‑party app stores inside Google Play, make Play’s app catalog available to rivals, permit external payment and download links, and end mandatory use of Google Play Billing.
• Google’s filing calls the order unprecedented and warns of reputational harm and competitive disadvantage, citing potential effects on more than 100 million U.S. Android users and about 500,000 developers.
• The company argues the changes pose security and safety risks by enabling potentially malicious or pirated app stores and by burdening developers with broader monitoring obligations.
• A San Francisco jury ruled for Epic in 2023, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the injunction and declined broader review in September 2025, and the district judge has set an October 30 hearing on compliance.