Fortnite developer Epic Games has asked a U.S. judge to order Alphabet’s Google to pay more than $205 million in legal fees following its landmark antitrust victory over the tech giant.
In a filing on Friday, Epic’s attorneys at Cravath, Swaine & Moore argued the request was justified given the scope and complexity of the case, as well as the outcome achieved. U.S. District Judge James Donato had previously ruled that Epic was entitled to recover fees under federal antitrust law, Reuters reported.
Epic sued Google in 2020, accusing it of monopolizing how consumers access apps and process payments on Android devices. In December 2023, a San Francisco jury sided with Epic, finding that Google unlawfully stifled competition in the mobile app marketplace.
Judge Donato followed with an injunction in October 2024 requiring Google to allow rival app stores to operate within Google Play and to make its app catalog available to competitors. The injunction was upheld by a federal appeals court in July 2025, though Google is continuing its legal fight and has said it is prepared to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Epic’s filing said its base fee request of $170 million should be adjusted upward to $205 million to account for inflation. The company did not disclose billing rates but said its law firms had discounted their standard fees. According to court documents, Cravath litigation co-head Gary Bornstein logged more than 3,800 hours on the case.
Google has denied wrongdoing and did not immediately comment on the fee request. Epic also declined to comment.
The case is one of the biggest legal fights yet over the power of app stores, echoing Epic’s separate clash with Apple.
