This MLex special report looks at the Fortnite developer’s recent US court fight to force changes to the App Store, but which saw Apple hit back against accusations of monopolistic conduct. MLex reporters covered every twist of the high-stakes trial, which ended this week.
May 2021
Epic Games’ high-stakes courtroom battle with Apple came to trial in a California courtroom earlier this month, less than a year after the bombshell news that the game developer was suing the tech giant over how it operates its App Store.
For three gruelling weeks until last Monday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and App Store boss Phil Schiller sat opposite each other in the Oakland courtroom as the roster of lawyers, economic experts and executives from companies including Microsoft and Nvidia battled over the fate of Apple’s smartphone business model.
MLex reporters Mike Swift, Amy Miller and Michael Acton were there for every hour, providing readers with blow-by-blow coverage, and this report presents a selection of our 30-plus published reports along with a full chronology of our coverage.
A win for Epic Games would be nothing short of historic, and the world is watching. From Europe to Australia, legislators and antitrust enforcers are poking around Apple’s App Store and thinking about ways to curb its power. Whichever way the judge rules, the Epic Games lawsuit will be cited for years to come as a landmark moment in the global backlash against Big Tech.
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