Apple’s App Store Emergency Motion Denied, Early Tests Show IAP Beats Web Payments, Indie Developers May Continue to Prioritize IAP
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Apple’s App Store Emergency Motion Denied
Apple received more bad news from a U.S. court regarding the App Store. The company’s emergency motion for a partial stay pending its appeal of the App Store anti-steering injunction ruling was denied.
“Apple on Wednesday failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court to pause key parts of a federal judge's order requiring the iPhone maker to immediately open its lucrative App Store to more competition.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Apple's request to put the provisions on hold as the tech company appeals the judge's order, which came in a long-running antitrust lawsuit brought by ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games…
In its emergency appeal, Apple said the ruling blocked the company from ‘exercising control over core aspects of its business operations’ and forced it to give free access to its services.
Epic Games countered that Apple was trying to continue evading competition and collecting fees that the judge had barred.”
The court said: "After reviewing the relevant factors, we are not persuaded that a stay is appropriate."
A few notes:
1) Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ injunction ruling directives, which Apple is following, will now stand for however long the appeal process takes. Expectations are for an appeal to take around six months. Apple was hoping its emergency motion for a partial stay would be granted so that the App Store would be brought back to its pre-injunction ruling status for the duration of the appeal. If Apple loses its appeal, the company can ask for the Supreme Court to review. The changes dictated by Judge Gonzalez Rogers would remain available to developers throughout that process.
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