Apple Mostly Prevails In Fortnite, App Store Monopoly Spat With Epic Games

Mealey's (September 13, 2021, 4:33 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a lengthy and detailed ruling on Sept. 10 largely favoring Apple Inc., a California federal judge found that monopolization and restraint of trade claims brought by Epic Games Inc. related to the inclusion of its game Fortnite in Apple’s App Store failed, while determining that Apple did act anti-competitively under California’s unfair competition law (UCL), leading her to issue an injunction requiring Apple to permit app developers to communicate with consumers about alternate methods of making in-app purchases (IAPs) other than exclusively through the App Store....