Nuked Epic games may have largely lost its major lawsuit against Apple. But it’s not going out without a fight – and it has some major support in its corner.
The judge ruled in favor of Apple in nine of ten counts epic brought against it. Both epic and Apple appealed the parts that they lost.
Epic argued that letting the ruling stand’would upend established principles of antitrust law and… undermine sound antitrust policy’.
More than half the states in the US, Microsoft, and more groups are siding with epic because they believe Apple may have a monopoly as well. Epic lost all but one count in the original ruling. The company believes Apple may be a monopoly.
‘Apple continues to monopolize app-distribution and in-app payment solutions for iPhones, stifle competition, and amass supracompetitive profits,’ States said.’Apple must account for its conduct under a complete rule of reason analysis’.
The stakes are high for Microsoft and other businesses that depend on antitrust laws to protect competition on the merits. Epic even called Microsoft to the stand to testify.
A holistic review of the district court’s factual findings will show that Apple does have market power in app distribution.’this court should find Apple’s policies to be illegal under the Sherman Act,’ the EFF said.
We’ve uploaded each of their suits to DocumentCloud so you can read them. We’ve posted them to DocumentCloud to share their stories.
The United States also filed an amicus brief, though it was not directly in support of either party. The U.S. also filed the amicus brief but it was n’t directly in the support of neither party.
