![]() So now Apple is taking its case all the way to the Supreme Court. The companies then appealed against the appeal court’s upholding of the ruling and were unsuccessful again. ![]() Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, but were unsuccessful. ![]() In other words, Epic gets its own way on the issue at the very heart of the original dispute.īoth Apple and Epic appealed (different parts of) the ruling to the U.S. While the judge ruled in Apple’s favor on nine counts, the Cupertino company was unhappy about the 10th: this one went in Epic’s favor, with the result that Apple was “permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms.” This means iOS app developers can link to their own payment systems, and Apple has to put up with it. Maybe it wasn’t such a huge win after all. ![]() In a filing this week, Apple attorneys argued that the court overreached in issuing a broad nationwide injunction applying to all developers, rather than just Epic. Given that Apple hailed Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ 2021 ruling as “a huge win,” it was no surprise when Epic filed an appeal. And now it’s headed to the highest court in the land. ![]() But the battle, which began when Epic bypassed Apple’s 30 percent cut for in-app purchases and Apple responded by booting Fortnite out of the App Store, is far from over. The long-running legal dispute between Apple and Epic Games finally reached a verdict two years ago. Apple takes its Fortnite fight all the way to the Supreme Court ![]()
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