Judge refuses to reinstate Epic's Fortnite on the App Store but grants an injunction that keeps Apple from retaliating against the Unreal Engine
at least based on the current record on the two claims being considered for the preliminary injunction. “Too many unknowns remain,” she writes. https://twitter.com/... Mike Futter / @futterish : Looks like Judge Gonzalez-Rogers carried through the intent of the TRO in the Epic vs Apple case. Apple temporarily enjoined from canceling Epic's Unreal Engine account, but allowed to ban the account related to Fortnite and Epic's other games. Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : One good class action attorney with easier pleading standards on antitrust would be 100 times better on enforcement than a new shitty regulator. It's private lawyers taking on Apple over app store abuse, it's class action lawyers going after Varsity's abuse in cheerleading. Etc.
Only big change here, YGR says Apple made a much better case for targeting Epic's developer accounts than previously, said it was a closer decision but still landed on the side of Epic. Fortnite banned on App Store for basically all of 2021.
Critically, on the question of whether Epic's antitrust claims against Apple could succeed on the merits, the judge concludes *no* — at least based on the current record on the two claims being considered for the preliminary injunction. “Too many unknowns remain,” she writes. htt…
Looks like Judge Gonzalez-Rogers carried through the intent of the TRO in the Epic vs Apple case. Apple temporarily enjoined from canceling Epic's Unreal Engine account, but allowed to ban the account related to Fortnite and Epic's other games.
One good class action attorney with easier pleading standards on antitrust would be 100 times better on enforcement than a new shitty regulator. It's private lawyers taking on Apple over app store abuse, it's class action lawyers going after Varsity's abuse in cheerleading. Etc.