Apple dodges ‘monopoly’ label … for now
Ruling in closely watched App Store case leaves door open for more challenges
WASHINGTON: A US judge has stopped short of labelling Apple Inc an “illegal monopolist”, but the closely watched ruling provides a roadmap for similar claims against the iPhone maker in the future, legal experts say.
Ruling on an antitrust case brought by Epic Games, the creator of the popular online game Fortnite, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said on Friday that Epic did not present sufficient evidence of Apple having unlawful monopoly power in the relevant market, which she defined narrowly as “digital mobile gaming transactions”.
However, Apple was ordered to relax control over its App Store payment…
