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Epic Games And Apple CEO’s And Other Execs To Testify At Next Month’s Anti-Trust Trial

April 15, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Epic Games and Apple have submitted their preliminary witness lists in preparation for the start of the federal anti-trust trial next month. Witnesses include executives from both companies, including Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with executives from Microsoft, Nvidia, Facebook, and Match Group. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Cook will be taking the stand for two [...]

Apple Points To Microsoft And Nintendo As Competition To Counter Epic Games’ Anti-Trust Lawsuit

April 13, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

The start of the Epic Games vs. Apple trial is just a month away and both companies are using what little time is left to throw a few more jabs at each other before the main event. According to Reuters, both companies have filed their opposing position statements with the California District Court last Thursday in preparation for the upcoming [...]

Arizona House Passes Bill Preventing Exclusive App Store Payment Systems

March 5, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

The Arizona House of Representatives has just passed a sweeping amendment to bill HB2005 that prevents app distribution platforms from forcing Arizona-based app developers to exclusively use a particular payment system, effectively putting a dent on Apple and Google’s profit from in-app purchases. The bill applies to app stores exceeding one million downloads in the past year but exempts “special-purpose [...]

Apple Under Investigation By UK Competition And Market Authority

March 5, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

And so it begins. With the Epic Games vs. Apple lawsuit on its way to trial, Apple has once again come under fire for their alleged monopoly of the mobile app market. The UK Competition and Market Authority, or CMA, has recently started an investigation into the tech giant’s supposed anti-competitive practices. According to the CMA, several developers reported Apple [...]

Epic Games Vs. Apple In-Person Trial Scheduled For May 3

March 3, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Here’s the latest update in the Epic Games vs. Apple legal battle. After months of motions, subpoenas, lobbying, and posturing, both parties will finally be going to court on May 3. According to MacRumors, the trial date was set by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the US District Judge overseeing the case, during a management conference earlier this week. Judge Rogers [...]

Valve Ordered To Comply With Apple Subpoena For Steam Sales Data

February 27, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

It looks like Valve will have no choice but to hand over their data and cooperate with Apple in their ongoing legal dispute with Epic Games no matter how tedious the task is. According to Law360, California magistrate judge Thomas Hixon has ordered the company to provide the Steam sales, pricing, and other data requested by Apple in a subpoena [...]

Valve Fights Apple Subpoena For Steam Data To Use In Legal Dispute Against Epic Games

February 23, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

In Apple’s latest move against Epic Games, the tech giant is attempting to pull Valve into the mess with a subpoena requesting a ridiculous amount of Steam sales data to use in their ongoing legal battle. According to the joint discovery letter filed last week in the District Court of Northern California, Apple asked Valve in November 2020 to provide [...]

Epic Games And Other Mobile App Companies Lobby For A North Dakota Bill To Control Big Tech Monopoly

February 17, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Smaller mobile app companies, including Epic Games, have taken their fight against Apple and Google’s monopoly of in-app purchases to the North Dakota Senate with a proposed bill that, once passed, will level the playing field for app developers in the state. According to The New York Times, a draft of the bill was submitted to North Dakota Republican state [...]

Epic Games Files Another Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple In Australia

November 19, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Epic Games takes their legal feud against Apple overseas as they file yet another lawsuit against the tech giant in Australia. The new lawsuit was filed in Australia’s Federal Court and claims that Apple is breaching the country’s consumer laws by monopolizing in-app purchases and app downloads for the iPhone. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said that they specifically chose to [...]

Epic Games Responds To Apple’s Breach Of Contract Counterclaim

October 28, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

There’s still a few months to go before the Epic Games vs. Apple trial starts next year but that doesn’t mean that both companies will lay down quietly waiting for the day. Back in September, Apple filed a counterclaim against Epic seeking damages for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference with Apple’s customers. “[Apple’s] actions were undertaken in [...]

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