Amicus briefs show strong support of Apple's arguments ahead of Epic Supreme Court judgement
While the US DOJ won't take sides in a case, the Solicitor General did file a brief sharing that violating "the spirit of the injunction" wasn't within standards, echoing Apple. Apple is ready to face the Supreme Court in October The Apple vs Epic lawsuit has been ongoing for over six years . It started as an intentional violation of Apple's App Store rules, which led to the lawsuit and almost total victory for Apple on all but one charge . Apple was ordered to remove its anti-steering practices, which it did, but was found in violation of the injunction due to not following the spirit of the injunction. After more than a year of back and forth, the Supreme Court will soon weigh in on the matter, and various firms have filed amicus briefs ahead of the October decision. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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While the US DOJ won't take sides in a case, the Solicitor General did file a brief sharing that violating "the spirit of the injunction" wasn't within standards, echoing Apple. Apple is ready to face the Supreme Court in October The Apple vs Epic lawsuit has been ongoing for over six years . It started as an intentional violation of Apple's App Store rules, which led to the lawsuit and almost total victory for Apple on all but one charge . Apple was ordered to remove its anti-steering practices, which it did, but was found in violation of the injunction due to not following the spirit of the injunction. After more than a year of back and forth, the Supreme Court will soon weigh in on the matter, and various firms have filed amicus briefs ahead of the October decision. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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While the US DOJ won't take sides in a case, the Solicitor General did file a brief sharing that violating "the spirit of the injunction" wasn't within standards, echoing Apple.
Apple is ready to face the Supreme Court in October The Apple vs Epic lawsuit has been ongoing for over six years .
It started as an intentional violation of Apple's App Store rules, which led to the lawsuit and almost total victory for Apple on all but one charge .
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