Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

  1. February 20, 2024

    Epic Calls Apple's $73M Fees Bid An Overreach

    Epic Games blasted Apple on Friday for seeking $73.4 million in legal fees following the pair's California federal court antitrust battle over App Store payment fees, arguing that antitrust claims like Epic's are immune from legal fees and that Apple cannot wrap its demands in successful contract breach counterclaims.

  2. January 17, 2024

    Epic CEO Blasts Apple's 'Bad-Faith' Anti-Steering Compliance

    The CEO of Epic Games said the video game maker is planning to challenge Apple's compliance with a court order blocking anti-steering rules in the App Store, contending a new "tax" on outside purchases and other restrictions are aimed at killing competition.

  3. November 09, 2021

    Apple Must End App Store Anti-Steering Rules By Dec. 9

    Apple can't pause an injunction requiring it to end anti-steering rules in its App Store while it appeals the Epic Games v. Apple decision, a California federal judge ruled after a hearing on Tuesday, because Apple's motion is "fundamentally flawed" and "ignores all of the findings which supported the injunction."

  4. October 25, 2021

    Epic Blasts Apple's Bid To Pause App Store Order For Appeal

    Epic Games has blasted a bid by Apple to pause a California federal court order allowing developers of apps distributed in the App Store to steer customers to outside platforms to make purchases, saying Apple can't be trusted to make meaningful changes on its own.

  5. October 08, 2021

    Apple Says 9th Circ. Appeal Should Stay Epic App Store Order

    Apple asked a California federal court to stay its order that would let Epic Games and other app developers steer customers to outside platforms for purchases, citing its appeal to the Ninth Circuit and arguing Friday that it needs time to work through complex legal, technological and economic issues.

  6. September 13, 2021

    Epic Games Ruling Could Haunt Big Tech

    Apple may have won more than it lost on Friday, when a California federal judge allowed it to continue barring rival app stores from its iPhones. But the legislative and enforcement fallout from the mixed ruling over Epic Games' lawsuit, which also gave Epic a way to circumvent Apple's 30% commission on app sales, could come to haunt the cellphone giant and other dominant tech platforms.

  7. September 10, 2021

    5 Takeaways From Friday's Epic, Apple Ruling

    While not a clear win for either side, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' ruling Friday in the closely watched standoff between game developer Epic Games and Apple has major implications for Apple's App Store policies and potential future litigation against the tech giant.

  8. September 10, 2021

    Apple Can Block Epic's App Store Rival But Not Outside Sales

    A California federal judge on Friday ordered Apple to let Epic Games and other app developers steer customers to outside platforms for purchases but also allowed the Silicon Valley giant to keep other restrictions in place, including blocking apps and alternative distribution mechanisms from outside the iPhone App Store.

  9. August 30, 2021

    Epic 'Fighting On' After Apple's App Store Developer Deal

    Apple's $100 million settlement Thursday night with a class of app developers resolved only one portion of the antitrust pressure bearing down on the technology giant, leaving another lawsuit from Epic Games untouched and generating criticism from Epic and other major app-makers that the deal is a sham.

  10. August 26, 2021

    Apple Opposes Epic's Bid To Access Class Action Docs

    Apple Inc. has urged a California federal judge to reject Epic Games' push to obtain sealed documents in an antitrust suit mirroring Epic's claims against Apple, saying the game developer forfeited any right to the materials by pursuing its own, separate case.

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