The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is done with its role in the Epic Google case, and Google won't be happy with the result. On Friday, the court completely denied its petition to have its Epic v. Google case re-heard - and pressed play on a permanent injunction that will force Google to begin cracking [...]

The Supreme Court is Google's last hope to avoid an Epic reckoning in October," I wrote last week. Google apparently agrees. Today, it's finally elevated its Epic v. Google case, the one that might fracture its control over the entire Android app ecosystem, to the Supreme Court level. Google has now confirmed it will appeal [...]