Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court
The justices will review whether Apple violated a 2021 injunction by imposing 27% fees on external payment links, a policy critics say curbed developer use.
- On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court decision holding Apple Inc. in contempt for willfully defying a 2021 order regarding App Store developer fees.
- United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found Apple in contempt in 2025, ruling the company violated her 2021 injunction requiring it to allow developers to direct users to alternative payment options.
- Apple implemented a 27 percent commission on revenue generated through external links, which Epic Games argues constitutes a workaround that effectively nullified the court's original mandate.
- The justices indicated they will not consider Apple's challenge to the scope of the so-called 'universal injunction,' leaving the contempt finding as the primary focus for oral arguments scheduled in October.
- Regulators worldwide are monitoring the case to determine how commission rates might be regulated outside the United States, as Apple warns the injunction could 'reshape the global app marketplace.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Apple’s Appeal of Contempt Finding in Epic Games Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up Apple’s bid to avoid being found in civil contempt in its legal battle with Epic Games after it was found to have violated a lower court’s order. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers of Oakland, California, had found Apple in contempt in the “Fortnite” video game maker’s lawsuit challenging App Store fees. The Supreme Court’s June 30 decision took the form of an unsigned order in the case known …
The Apple-Epic Feud Goes to the Supreme Court Over a Question of Judicial Power
In what has become an annual tradition, the last day of the Supreme Court term was marked by blockbuster opinions on several hot-button topics. But hidden among the resolution of this year’s cases was an interesting note about next year’s docket. The Court agreed to review a contempt order in Apple’s years-long antitrust fight with Epic Games. At the center of the fight is a deceptively technical question with a long history: How literally shoul…
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