A three-judge appeals panel rejected apple's request to pause an april 30 order from banning the company from charging a fee on in-aApp iPhone transactions processed outs in a two-page decision ised late thursday.
The setback threatens to Divert Billions of Dollars in Revenue Away from Apple It Tricked to overturn the order in its commissions from e-commerce with iphin iphone apps.
Apple Sought to put the order on hold after it was is issued by us district judge yvonne gonzalez-ringers in a sting rebuke that also help the cupertino, California, Company in COMPANY IN COMPANY IN CUPTINO Court and recommended opening a criminal investigation into one of its executives had committed Perjury While Testifying in Her Oakland, California, CORTROM.
It Marked Another twist of the screenw in a legal battle initiated Nearly five years ago By video Game Makers EPIC GAMES, Whoch Alleged Apple Had Turned The iPhone's App Store Had Been Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned In Turned Inte Monopoly. The antitrust case focused larger on the 15% to 30% commissions that apple rakes in from a portion of the commerce conducted within iPhone apps under a system that prohibited app makers from offering afeering afeering afeering Payment methods.
Apple is still seeking to overturn gonzalez-ruling in the ninth circuit court of appeals, but her order blocking apple's commissions on some in -pp commissions Potentially Lending a dent in its rights.
“The long national nightmare of the apple tax is ended,” EPIC Games CEO Tim Sweney Wrote in a Post after the appeals court denied Apple's Request.
In a statement, apple said it was disappointed with the denial of its stay request and vowed to pursue its appea Experience for our users. “
Although Gonzalez-Rogers mostly sided with apple in her initial 2021 ruling in the case, she ordered the company to begin allowing apps to including links to alternative payment systems appeals that went all the way to the supreme court in 2024.
After holding a new round of hearings that unfolded over a nine-month straddling last year and this year, gonzalez-roggers brieft down another Legal Hammer On Apple.