Apple Inc May Keep App Store Rules For Now As Top Court Declines Epic Games
by Abdul Aziz Mondal Legal 10 August 2023
Justice Elena Kagan mentioned that she would not allow a federal court appeal’s decision to take immediate effect, as Epic may have sought.
The United States Supreme Court allowed Apple Inc. to keep its App Store payments regulations in place just for this time being, declining the Epic Games Inc. request that may have let developers start administering iPhone users to other purchasing options.
Justice Elena Kagan mentioned that she would not allow a federal court appeal’s decision to take immediate effect, as Epic may have sought. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals mentioned earlier this year that Apple had breached California’s Unfair Competition Law by putting limits on the ability of the developers to communicate about the substitute payment systems, which includes purchases through the Epic Games Store.
Kagan, who has not provided any expansion, is the justice that is assigned to take care of the emergency from the San Francisco-based 9th circuit.
Kagan’s decline to the Epic means that Apple will get a pardon from the 9th Circuit ruling, which may however be only temporary. The appeals court has put its decision on a hold to give Apple some time to file a Supreme Court appeal later by this year, but the ruling may kick in if the justices deny to hear the case.
Epic, the maker of the popular game Fortnite, added that the 9th Circuit has used the wrong legal standard to put its ruling on hold.
While urging the Supreme Court to keep the 9th Circuit ruling on standby, Apple assured that Epic is not being affected by the debatable policy. Apple also banned Fortnite from the App Store because Epic had created a workaround to not pay a 30% fee on in-app purchases for customers. Epic had said that its subsidiaries will still have apps within the app store.
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