Epic Games recently submitted Fortnite to the US App StoreRelistingLater, Bloomberg News reported that Apple had said it would prevent Epic Games from re-listing "Fortnite" on the US App Store and the European Union, but Apple later responded that this was not the case.
Apple emphasized that it did not take any action to prevent Fortnite from being released, and only asked Epic Games Europe to resubmit the latest game update. However, Apple's request that Epic Games Europe remove its submission from the US App Store suggests that it still hopes to prevent Fortnite from being released on the US App Store.
Therefore, Epic Games once again filed a request with the court, believing that Apple's refusal to allow "Fortnite" to be put back on the US App Store is obviously another attempt to circumvent the court's ban and challenge the court's authority. At the same time, it also hopes to require Apple to approve the listing of "Fortnite" on the US App Store through court intervention.
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In the lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled on April 4, local time.Ruling, believing that Apple deliberately violated the court's ban issued in 2021, and approved Epic Games' request for enforcement of the ban a few days ago.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers pointed out in her ruling that Apple's behavior involved violations of market competition and interference in market pricing. Therefore, she required Apple to stop restricting other payment methods within the App and affecting the rights of users to consume through third-party payment methods.
The court's ruling was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on April 2023, 4, and the Supreme Court rejected Apple's appeal on January 24, 2024, making the ruling official. Therefore, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers believes that despite being aware of the court's final ruling, Apple continued its anti-competitive practices in order to maintain its revenue stream. She even believes that Apple may have willfully ignored the injunction, potentially constituting contempt of court. The case is expected to be transferred to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California for an investigation into possible contempt of court.
