A federal appeals court has upheld a jury verdict condemning Google's Android app store as an illegal monopoly, clearing the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shakeup that's designed to give consumers more choices.

Google tried and failed on Thursday to persuade a U.S. appeals panel to rescind a jury verdict and federal court order in the Epic Games lawsuit that requires it to revamp its app store, Play. The San Francisco-based 9th U.