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Apple Wins Delay in Monopoly Case, Allowing App Store Rules to Stay for Now

Editorial Board Published December 8, 2021
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Apple had argued that immediate implementation of the initial ruling in the case would harm ‘participants on both sides of the App Store platform.’

Photo: Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

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Tim Higgins

Updated Dec. 8, 2021 3:36 pm ET

Apple Inc. AAPL 2.28% on Wednesday won a U.S. appeals court reprieve in rolling out changes to the App Store ordered by a federal judge as part of the big tech company’s antitrust battle with Epic Games Inc.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the iPhone maker’s request to delay implementation of a federal judge’s order to force Apple to allow developers to communicate with users inside their apps about alternative payment methods outside of the App Store.

The order means Apple will be able to delay, perhaps for years, putting in place some of the most significant changes ever to how it operates its lucrative App Store as the company and Epic seek broader appeals.

“Apple has demonstrated, at minimum, that its appeal raises serious questions on the merits of the district court’s determination that Epic Games, Inc. failed to show Apple’s conduct violated any antitrust laws but did show that the same conduct violated California’s Unfair Competition Law,” the appeals court order said.

Apple’s hardware, software and services work so harmoniously that it is often called a “walled garden.” The idea is central to recent antitrust scrutiny and the Epic vs. Apple case. WSJ’s Joanna Stern went to a real walled garden to explain it all. Photo illustration: Adele Morgan/The Wall Street Journal

Apple in a late November filing with the appeals court argued the immediate implementation of the initial ruling in the case by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers would harm “millions of participants on both sides of the App Store platform.”

In early November, Judge Gonzalez Rogers rejected Apple’s request to delay the injunction. The case began in August 2020 when Epic filed suit against Apple claiming the iPhone maker had improper monopolies in controlling software distribution on its devices and forcing developers to use its in-app payment system, which takes a fee of as much as 30%.

In considering the appeal, Judge Gonzalez Rogers had said the proposed stay would delay implementation of her changes for years. Apple had faced a Dec. 9 deadline to implement the changes.

In the original case, Judge Gonzalez Rogers mostly ruled in Apple’s favor except for issuing the injunction against the anti-steering provision in App Store rules.

“We’re constantly evolving the App Store to help create an even better experience for our users and the incredibly talented community of iOS developers,” Apple said. “Our concern is that these changes would have created new privacy and security risks, and disrupted the user experience customers love about the App Store. We want to thank the court for granting this stay while the appeals process continues.”

Epic declined to comment.

Write to Tim Higgins at [email protected]

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Appeared in the December 9, 2021, print edition as ‘Apple Wins Delay in Monopoly Case.’

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