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“Not all tying arrangements are unlawful.”

Another jury instruction:

The essential characteristic of an invalid tying arrangement is a seller’s exploitation of its market power over the tying product (app distribution services) to force a buyer to purchase the tied product (in-app billing services) that the buyer might have preferred to purchase elsewhere.

We’re on page 43 now, which lays out what Epic would need to prove to show Google illegally tied the Google Play app store to Google Play Billing.

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