Epic files U.S. Supreme Court appeal in Apple antitrust case
Epic has filed a Writ of Certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling on its antitrust case against Apple.
The petition is asking the Supreme Court to rule on broader antitrust questions as governed by the Sherman Act. Epic argues that restraints on business “that have both pro- and anticompetitive effects is unlawful if a ‘less-restrictive alternative’ will achieve the same benefits while harming competition less.”
The Fortnite publisher and Unreal Engine maker is asking the court to determine:
In past proceedings, Epic argued that Apple has an unfair monopoly on apps on iOS and its in-app purchasing system, allowing the tech giant to make billions on transaction fees.
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This motion is the latest in Epic Games’ saga to take on Apple’s 30% fee on all payments which began in 2020. Fortnite was removed from the App Store after giving players an alternative method to make in-app purchases, violating iOS policies.
In 2021, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple’s closed App Store and security restrictions didn’t violate antitrust law. However, the ruling also said that Apple couldn’t maintain anti-steering rules that prevented users from learning about alternate payment options.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Fortunately, the court's positive decision rejecting Apple's anti-steering provisions frees iOS developers to send consumers to the web to do business with them directly there. We're working on next steps.In April 2023, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (largely) upheld
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