The Federal Judge asks Apple to approve the introduction of Fortnite to the American App Store or return to the court to explain the legal basis for the reason not to do so.
In new presentationThe American boycott judge, iPhone Gonzales Rogers, confirms that the court has received the latest requests for EPIC games, as it requires Apple to agree on Fortnite distribution in the application store.
The disturbed judge clearly asks Apple to appear to the court “the legal authority that Apple claims that it can ignore the matter of this court.” Rogers also suggests that Apple will need to return to the court to explain whether the situation is not addressed.
“Apple is fully able to solve this problem without further briefing or a hearing,” Rogers reminds the technology giant, before adding that Apple named the company official responsible for ensuring compliance with the court decision.
Reading between the lines, the demand for the name of the Apple official in the new file indicates that Rogers is no less than that of contempt for its failure to comply with the court’s order.
This is followed by its previous ruling, as the judge honored Apple for his attempt to direct the court orders and accuse the technological company of lying under the department.
After winning the right to include links to external payment mechanisms in their application, the Epic Fortnite games returned to the American application store. but, Apple told the game maker He decided not to take action regarding the introduction of the Epic Games even after the ninth rules of the Apple suspended application for a partial residence on the new podium. (In other words, Apple said it does not have to agree to the application until legal procedures are operated on its entire appeal.)
On Friday, the epic games submitted a request to compel the court to enforce the bargaining order, given the Apple decision.
The last legal threat of a tight battle follows for a year on the Apple App Store policies, which has long deprived the application developers of the right to link external payment options without paying the Apple commission. Apple originally complied with the court’s decision to allow us to allow developers to apply for an exception to the rules of its application store, but it still gathered a 27 % committee on these alternative purchases, a decrease from the usual 30 %. Apple also asked developers to use “fear screens” that warned consumers when they were clicking on a purchase outside the application store.
In a great victory for developers, Rogers eliminated that Apple was in a “deliberate violation” of the court order for prices and anti -competition commissions, which was supposed to allow Fortnite to return to the application store. But Apple sat on the application for a week instead, and she does not agree or refuses to publish the game, while her lawyers formulated a response.
What happens after that may be important for Apple, as it may inspire similar legal procedures or a regulation in other global markets.
Apple was the victor in an original lawsuit for EPIC against the technology giant, and the court announced that it was not a monopoly. However, EPIC games have enabled a victory in one field when Rogers agreed that iPhone users should be able to access alternative payment options if a developer wants to use his website for purchases within the application, such as those for virtual commodities or subscriptions.
After the decision, Apple has updated its United States application store policies, applications including Spotify, Amazon Kindle and Patreon soon laid new versions of their applications to take advantage of new jobs.
Epic games refused to comment. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.
