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Apple asks U.S. Supreme Court to review contempt order in Epic Games lawsuit
Apple on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that held the iPhone maker in civil contempt for charging…
Epic Games’ ‘Fortnite’ returns to Apple App Stores worldwide
Epic Games’ popular battle royale title “Fortnite” is once again available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to pause order holding Apple in contempt in Epic Games lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Apple’s request to temporarily block a court order requiring major changes to its App Store…
Apple seeks U.S. Supreme Court stay in ongoing Epic Games App Store commission battle
In the latest chapter of the long-running legal saga between Apple and Epic Games, the iPhone maker has filed an emergency application…
U.S. appeals court partly reverses sanctions against Apple in Epic Games antitrust lawsuit
On Thursday, Apple secured a partial victory in its ongoing antitrust battle with Epic Games over the company’s App Store practices, as the…
Apple pushes for resumption of App Store commissions in U.S. federal appeals court
Apple is returning to a U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday to challenge a ruling that prevents the company from charging commissions…
Australian court rules partly against Apple, Google in Epic Games lawsuit
An Australian federal court ruled that the app stores of Apple and Google-owned Android are uncompetitive, local media reported Tuesday…
Apple cites U.S. Supreme Court’s birthright ruling in fight over Epic Games injunction
Apple is banking on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions to support…
Judge rules against Apple’s bid to pause app store reform order in Epic Games case
On Wednesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Apple’s request to pause key parts of a federal judge’s order, which mandates…
Apple’s App Store approves Epic Games’ ‘Fortnite’ in the U.S. and E.U.
Epic Games’ multiplayer shooter game “Fortnite” returned to Apple’s U.S. App Store on Tuesday, ending a nearly five-year ban and securing…
Epic Games files court motion to force Apple to approve ‘Fortnite’ in U.S. App Store
Epic Games has filed a court motion asking U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to force Apple to approve its submission…
Apple refutes Epic Games’ claim that it’s blocking ‘Fortnite’ from App Store
Epic Games in Thursday claimed that Apple “blocked” its latest Fortnite app submission so that it can’t be released in the U.S. or…
Apple’s App Store blocks US, EU access to video game ‘Fortnite,’ Epic Games claims
Apple has blocked the video game “Fortnite” on iPhones in the U.S. and through Epic Games’ store in the EU, according to Epic Games…
Epic Games resubmits Fortnite to U.S. App Store after hearing crickets from Apple
On Friday, Epic Games submitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store, and are still awaiting Apple’s decision on whether the game will return to…
Epic Games submits ‘Fortnite’ to Apple’s App Store for review
Epic Games submitted “Fortnite” to Apple’s App Store a month after Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District of California…
Apple claims ‘serious and irreparable harm’ in emergency motion over App Store ruling
Apple has filed an emergency motion, in which it claims “serious and irreparable harm,” over the U.S. App Store that’s been ordered to…
Apple hit with class-action lawsuit for violating App Store injunction
On Monday, Apple filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit, contesting last week’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that…
Judge refers Apple to federal prosecutors for criminal contempt investigation, rules company violated App Store reform order
Apple breached a U.S. court order mandating increased competition for app downloads and payment methods in its App Store…
Apple exec Phil Schiller was initially concerned over App Store commissions on outside sales
Phil Schiller took the stand on Monday to reveal that he had initially voiced worries about the 27% commission Apple intended to impose on…
Apple and Epic Games return to court over App Store order
Next week, two high-ranking Apple executives along with three other senior employees from the company are slated to take the stand…
Apple asks U.S. judge to throw App Store injunction from Epic Games lawsuit
Apple is seeking to overturn or modify a court ruling that forced it to allow third-party in-app payments and direct communication between…
Epic Games claims Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan is ‘illegal’ and ‘malicious’
Perpetual whiner Epic Games is, predictably, not happy with Apple’s newly revised App Store plan to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act…
Apple approves Epic Games’ third-party app store in Europe
Apple has approved Epic Games’ app for a third-party app store for games on iPhones and iPads in Europe, following accusations…
Epic Games claims Apple stalling launch of its game store in Europe
Epic Games, creator of “Fortnite,” accuses Apple of hindering their efforts to establish a game store for iPhones and iPads in Europe.…
Judge’s document demands on Apple could delay Epic Games antitrust ruling
The verdict on whether Apple violated a U.S. judge’s App Store ruling may be delayed for months. This comes after a judge ordered Apple to…
Apple denies violating U.S. court order in Epic Games lawsuit
Apple on Friday said it did not violate a court order governing its App Store and urged a California federal judge to reject a request by…
Meta, Microsoft, X, and Match file legal petition protesting Apple’s App Store policies
Meta Platforms, Microsoft, X, Match filed a legal petition protesting Apple’s App Store policies, complaining about how Apple is…
Epic Games accuses Apple of violating App Store injunction, seeks contempt order in U.S.
Epic Games, which makes the video game “Fortnite,” on Wednesday urged a federal judge to hold Apple in contempt for allegedly violating…
Apple capitulates, will restore Epic Games’ developer account in the EU
Epic Games has committed to not violating Apple’s App Store rules, for what that’s worth, and now both companies say that Epic’s…
EU bureaucrats demand to know why Apple terminated Epic Games’ developer account
European Union bureaucrats are demanding to know why Apple terminated a new developer account created by Epic Games in Sweden…
Epic Games whines over Apple’s termination of its developer account
Apple has terminated Epic Games’ developer account, the Fortnite video-game maker claimed on Wednesday. The termination comes as…
Spotify, Epic Games claim Apple’s App Store changes ‘make a mockery’ of EU’s DMA
Apple’s proposed changes for its App Store policies “disregard” the EU’s DMA rules and amplify its dominance over app developers, Spotify …
Epic Games whines over Apple’s demand for $73 million in legal fees
“Fortnite” maker Epic Games is complaining to a U.S. judge that Apple “completely overreached” in demanding that it pay legal fees totaling…
Apple wants $73.4 million from Epic Games for legal expenses
Apple wants a United States District Court to mandate that Epic Games to pay $73.4 million in legal fees after Apple won the antitrust case…
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to consider Apple’s appeal over advertising alternative App Store payment options
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider Apple’s appeal in an antitrust suit challenging its lucrative App Store, specifically regarding…
Beleaguered Epic Games lays off 870 employees
Beleaguered Epic Games, peddler of the “Fortnite” video game, is laying off 870 employees, people familiar with the matter say…
Apple petitions U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Epic’s only minor win
Apple on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an order requiring Apple allow software developers to tell customers about…
Epic Games asks U.S. Supreme Court to review Apple App Store ruling
Fortnite-peddler Epic Games has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a judge’s 2021 ruling that Apple’s App Store policies don’t…
Gene Munster: Apple App Store’s profitable economics will stay intact
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to let a federal judge’s injunction take effect that could force Apple’s App Store to let app developers…
U.S. Supreme Court denies Epic Games request to allow Apple App Store order take effect
In a victory for Apple, The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Fortnite-maker Epic Games’ request to lift a decision by the 9th U.S.…
Epic Games asks U.S. Supreme Court let Apple App Store order take effect
Epic Games on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the company…
