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Title: Epic Games 'self-serving' goliath, says Apple in Australia legal battle
Post by: HCK on March 23, 2021, 04:05:21 pm
Epic Games 'self-serving' goliath, says Apple in Australia legal battle

"Epic wants to ignore its … contractual promise to litigate only in the northern district of California."

What you need to know


Epic Games and Apple have clashed at a hearing in Australia.
Lawyers for Apple said that Epic's lawsuit was "self-serving".
It also accused Epic of ignoring its contractual obligation to settle legal disputes in Northern California.


A lawyer for Apple has told an Australian court that Epic Games is a "self-serving" goliath, in a hearing to determine whether its case can proceed against Apple whilst a parallel US case is running.

From The Guardian:


  Apple has argued that Epic Games' case against the tech giant's in-app purchase system is not altruistically trying to secure a better deal for Australian customers and app developers in the app store, but the "self-serving" act of a Goliath trying to fundamentally change Apple's business model.


Epic filed a lawsuit against Apple in Australia in November on a platform broadly similar to its larger le...

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