According to Foresight News, Cointelegraph reported that Google asked the appellate court to overturn the Epic Games antitrust case victory. The ruling will force Google to allow third-party app stores and payment solutions through its app market Play Store. The lower court's ruling would have allowed other payment systems, including those that support cryptocurrencies, to access Google's app store and apps. In a filing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 27, Google argued that the ruling of a federal court judge in California would directly undermine Google's efforts to compete with Apple and the iPhone. "The judge should have been aware that Google competes with Apple in the smartphone space, and should have referred to the judge's ruling in Epic v. Apple, which determined that Apple did not violate antitrust laws."