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Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

  1. October 09, 2020

    Apple Can Keep Fortnite Banned From App Store For Now

    Apple Inc. can keep Epic Games Inc.'s Fortnite video game out of its App Store but must allow Epic's affiliates access to developer tools for other applications ahead of a trial scheduled for next year, a California federal judge ruled in a mixed decision Friday.

  2. October 07, 2020

    Apple And Epic's Antitrust Fight Set For May Bench Trial

    A California federal judge has scheduled a May bench trial in Epic Games' lawsuit challenging Apple's App Store practices, setting up the legal showdown between the tech giant and the video game maker for mid-2021.

  3. October 05, 2020

    Epic Games Wants Apple's Counterclaims Cut In Antitrust Suit

    Epic Games has urged a California federal judge to trim Apple's counterclaims and toss its punitive damages bid from the Fortnite game maker's antitrust fight, arguing that the tech giant's tort counterclaims aren't viable and Apple can't recover punitive damages from Epic Games for circumventing App Store fees.

  4. September 30, 2020

    Apple And Epic Want Antitrust Fight To Go To A Bench Trial

    Apple Inc. has withdrawn its demand for a California federal jury trial in Epic Games' App Store antitrust fight, with both parties moving for a bench trial, a day after a district judge voiced her preference for a July 2021 jury trial.

  5. September 28, 2020

    Apple And Epic Antitrust Judge Eyes July 2021 Jury Trial

    A California federal judge expressed skepticism Monday toward both Apple and Epic Games during an injunction hearing in their App Store antitrust fight, giving them a day to tell her if a judge or jury should decide the dispute and voicing her own preference for a July 2021 jury trial.

  6. September 21, 2020

    Epic Games Says Fortnite Isn't Security Threat To Apple

    Epic Games, in seeking to force Apple to restore Fortnite to the App Store, has blasted the tech giant for "half-truths and outright falsities," including that the video game was pulled as a security issue instead of a challenge to Apple's monopoly.

  7. September 16, 2020

    Apple Fights Epic's Bid To Reverse Fortnite App Store Ban

    Apple has urged a California federal judge to reject Epic Games' request for a court order forcing Apple to return Epic's popular Fortnite video game to the App Store, calling Epic's alleged injuries "the self-inflicted and self-fixable result of its own cheating."

  8. September 08, 2020

    Apple Decries Epic's 'Larcenous' Conduct In Fortnite App Row

    Apple filed counterclaims Tuesday in an antitrust suit brought by Epic Games, telling a California federal court that the game maker had engaged in "flagrant and larcenous" breaches of the agreements allowing it to sell its popular Fortnite video game through Apple's App Store.

  9. August 25, 2020

    Epic Can't #FreeFortnite But It Can Save Apple App Tool

    In refusing to restore the popular Fortnite game to the App Store, a California federal judge said Fortnite creator Epic Games must live for now with the "self-inflicted" injury resulting from its decision to let customers bypass Apple's payment system, but she nevertheless barred Apple from denying Epic access to its developer tools.

  10. August 24, 2020

    Fortnite Ban May Stay But Judge Rips Apple's Dev Tool Threat

    A California federal judge said Monday she's not inclined to force Apple to restore Epic Games' popular Fortnite game in the App Store as their antitrust fight plays out, but she'll likely bar Apple from cutting off Epic's access to its developer tools, calling Apple's threats an "overreach."

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