Apple says Epic lawsuit shouldn’t reshape App Store rules for all developers
Apple is contesting a court ruling in its ongoing lawsuit with Epic Games regarding App Store fees. The company argues that any injunction resulting from Epic's claims should not apply to all developers. Apple is also challenging a contempt order related to its compliance with a previous injunction requiring it to allow alternative payment links in apps.
- ▪Apple is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that could impact all developers on the App Store.
- ▪The Ninth Circuit ruled that Apple must allow developers to include links to alternative payment options, which Apple has complied with but charged fees on those transactions.
- ▪Epic Games criticized Apple's latest legal maneuver as an attempt to delay the case and maintain its fee structure.
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In Apple’s seemingly never-ending lawsuit with Fortnite maker Epic Games over App Store commissions, the iPhone maker is once again fighting a court’s ruling. Its latest tactic? Saying that Epic Games’ beef with Apple over its fee structure shouldn’t lead to an injunction that applies to all developers that publish on the U.S. App Store, including other tech giants like Microsoft and Spotify, which weren’t a part of this particular litigation. “…Epic never brought a class action and never attempted to show that enjoining Apple’s conduct against all other developers—like Microsoft or Spotify, who have nothing to do with Epic—was somehow necessary to provide relief to Epic,” reads Apple’s new petition, which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lower court ruling.
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