2023-07-03 22:00:22
Running since 2020, the dispute between Apple it’s at Epic Games can stop at Supreme Court of the United States. According to the Archyde.comApple said it will request a review of the case to the highest court in the country to appeal a decision that prevents it from blocking links and buttons for payments outside App Store in apps downloaded from the store.
The case, it is worth remembering, had an outcome that displeased both parties. Although judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied most of the accusations and requests from the Fortnite game developer, the decision regarding links to external purchases was not well accepted by Apple.
As it might suffer a major negative impact on its revenue with the change, Apple filed the appeal with the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the hope of overturning the decision. Epic, in turn, filed appeals in the same court contesting its defeats.
In April, the court denied the petitions of the two companies and upheld most of the decisions of the judge responsible for the case. Specifically on Apple’s request, the judges considered that the company violated the unfair competition law of the state of California – which, therefore, would make blocking links and buttons for payments by external means something illegal.
Not satisfied, Apple filed a new appeal and requested that the case be heard in plenary by the court – which, at the time, already seemed quite unlikely to happen. As the court refuses to continue with the case, Maçã’s lawyers said that the company will request the annulment of this decision to the highest judicial court in the country.
According to them, the 9th Circuit went “too far” by issuing a national injunction once morest the company alleging violation of California state law. Apple’s petition to the Supreme Court, lawyers say, will raise “far-reaching and important” questions regarding judges’ power to issue broader injunctions.
It’s unclear whether Epic will also file a similar claim. It is likely so, given that the company had also requested a judgment by the plenary of the 9th circuit — a request that, so far, at least, has not been successful.
via AppleInsider
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