Google countersues Match, accusing it of bad faith dealings, breach of contract: report
Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) has countersued Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH), accusing it of a breach of contract and negotiating in bad faith, Bloomberg reported.
The new lawsuit comes just two months after Match Group (MTCH) sued Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) over the billing system in its Play Store, stating Google has "monopolized the Google Play Store and is now abusing its power."
Match Group (MTCH) is the parent company of dating services such as Tinder, Match.com, Hinge, Plenty of Fish and others.




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Match Group (MTCH) shares fell slightly more than 0.5% to $69.69 in premarket trading, while Google-parent Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) was little changed.
In the new complaint, Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) claimed that Match (MTCH) does not want to pay anything for using the Play Store, whereas other developers pay 15% of the first $1M in annual revenue.
Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) wants monetary damages from Match (MTCH) and to remove the dating app service from the Play Store entirely.
Earlier this month, it was reported that an antitrust bill floating around the U.S. Senate that targets Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) and several other big tech firms may not get out of the chamber before Congress recesses for the summer.