Google’s Play Store Counterclaims Move Forward Against Match (1)

Match Group Inc., one of the app developers embroiled in antitrust litigation over Alphabet Inc.'s payment policies, must face counterclaims for breach of contract, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled.

Judge James Donato let the tech giant move forward with claims that the dating company is using antitrust claims as a pretext for reneging on the “developer distribution agreement” signed by app makers using the Google Play store for Android phones, which takes a roughly 15% cut on most sales.

Alphabet, battling allegations that it leverages its market dominance to gouge developers, has accused Match of trying to ...