3 months ago
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Apple is asking an appeals court to pause a US district judge’s recent ruling in a case which could determine the future of its highly lucrative App Store.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found last week the tech giant wilfully violated an order she had previously made in a case filed by Fortnite-maker Epic Games.
That order – handed down in 2021 – demanded Apple refrain from anti-competitive conduct and pricing and allow outside payment options in the App Store.
Last week she determined Apple was flouting that demand – a finding Apple has now called “extraordinary.”
The iPhone maker has alleged in a court filing that her order unlawfully prevents the company from controlling “core aspects of its business operations.”
The company’s lawyers wrote that a federal court cannot force Apple to permanently give away free access to its products and services, including intellectual property.
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