Apple Defends App Store Business Model In High Court Antitrust Suit

Mealey's (October 30, 2018, 1:23 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its Oct. 29 merits reply brief, Apple Inc. tells the U.S. Supreme Court that a group of iPhone owners suing it for purported antitrust violations related to the pricing of applications in its App Store do not have standing to sue it under high court precedent because they are not direct purchasers (Apple Inc. v. Robert Pepper, et al., No. 17-204, U.S. Sup)....