Epic Urges Supreme Court to Reject Apple’s Appeal in Ongoing App Store Dispute

The latest filing marks another chapter in the long-running legal battle between the two companies, which began over Apple’s control of in-app payment systems and App Store rules. According to AppleInsider, Epic argued that there is no justification for the Supreme Court to intervene in the case, maintaining that the lower courts properly handled the dispute.

At the center of the disagreement is a California federal court order that prohibited Apple from enforcing policies that prevented app developers from directing users to alternative payment methods outside of Apple’s ecosystem. Apple was later found in contempt after the court concluded the company had not complied with the injunction.

Apple is now seeking Supreme Court review, contending that lower courts made significant legal errors. Per AppleInsider, Apple argues that the anti-steering injunction extends beyond the scope of the original case and improperly regulates conduct that was not directly at issue during the litigation.

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The company has also challenged the legal reasoning behind the contempt finding. According to AppleInsider, Apple maintains that courts should evaluate compliance based on the actual language of an injunction rather than whether a company allegedly violated the broader intent or “spirit” of a court order.

Epic, however, is pushing back against those arguments and is urging the nation’s highest court to leave the lower court’s decision intact. The game developer’s filing suggests that Apple’s appeal does not raise issues significant enough to warrant Supreme Court review.

Source: Apple insider