A judge ruled last week that Apple willfully failed to comply with a 2021 injunction designed to allow developers to more easily steer consumers to potentially cheaper non-Apple payment options.
said it will ask the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to review the April 30 ruling, which found the company in contempt of an earlier order in a 2020 antitrust law suit brought by Epic Games.
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in her decision that Apple willfully failed to comply with a 2021 injunction designed to allow developers to more easily steer consumers to potentially cheaper non-Apple payment options. A judge found Apple to be in contempt of an earlier order in a 2020 antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite.Gonzalez Rogers also referred Apple and one of its executives to federal prosecutors for a possible criminal contempt investigation. She refused to put her order on hold, accusing Apple of delaying and purposefully misleading the court.
“Apple sought to maintain a revenue stream worth billions in direct defiance of this court’s injunction,” Gonzalez Rogers said.Apple and Epic Games did not immediately respond to requests for comment., the maker of online video game Fortnite, aimed to loosen Apple’s grip over transactions in applications that use its iOS operating system and how apps are distributed to consumers.
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