Apple working to settle antitrust lawsuit with US Department of Justice, reports Bloomberg. Apple has made several offers and is currently in settlement talks with the DOJ. The DOJ has sued Apple for antitrust violations in 2024 as part of a broad antitrust investigation into big tech companies. The government accused Apple of getting customers…
Apple’s challenge to the EU’s designation of its App Stores and iOS platform as “gatekeepers” was rejected by Europe’s top court on Wednesday, reports Reuters. “The Court rejects Apple’s actions regarding its designation as gatekeeper to the App Store and iOS,” declared the Luxembourg court. Apple brought the complaint to the Luxembourg General Court in…
Britain’s competition regulator has proposed allowing app developers to direct users to payment options outside of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store, in a bid to increase competition and reduce fees charged by both companies. As reported ReutersThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the proposals would remove restrictions that currently prevent UK developers…
Apple has accused Indian antitrust investigators of “copy-pasting” its rivals’ allegations and failing to conduct their own analysis, arguing that the regulator’s findings against it should be rejected. In a June 25 submission to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) reviewed by ReutersApple has escalated its long-running dispute with the regulator, where Match and a…
A group of 48 China-based iOS developers have filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the country’s market regulator over App Store commission rates, the South China Morning Post reports. The developers sent an open letter to China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), alleging that Apple failed to keep its promise to offer the…
The Italian competition regulator announced on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into Apple regarding its compliance with interoperability obligations set out in the European Digital Markets Act (DMA). Under the DMA, Apple must ensure that third-party providers of consumer cloud services can interact effectively and free of charge with Apple’s iOS and iPadOS…
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Amy Klobuchar this week reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) that targets big tech companies like Apple, and Apple is not happy to see it again. The bipartisan bill is reminiscent of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, prohibiting large platforms from prioritizing their own products or…
Apple has agreed to hand over financial data to India’s competition regulator, in a move that could bring a years-long antitrust case significantly closer to a sanction decision. According to ReutersA confidential order from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) showed that Apple agreed last month to provide its India-specific financial data, which the watchdog…
Google today appealed a 2024 ruling that it violated antitrust law by paying to be the default search engine on iPhones. In a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Google said the district court erred in finding that Google’s search success was due to something other than merit-based competition. Google…
Fortnite is returning to the App Store in every country except Australia, Epic Games announced today, as the company said it was entering the “final battle” of its long-running legal dispute with Apple. Epic said the decision to push Fortnite back to iOS globally was driven by Apple’s own words to the U.S. Supreme Court,…