Apple suffers major blow in Epic Games Fortnite case in AustraliaApple is planning to appeal a decision made by a Federal court.
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Apple has suffered a major blow in its case against Epic Games in Australia.
A federal court has granted an appeal by Epic Games against a decision that said the case couldn't proceed in the country.
It means Epic is now free to press on with its court case, but Apple plans to appeal.
An Australian federal judge has ruled that Epic Games does in fact have the right to pursue Apple in Australia after a court previously ruled it did not.
In a Federal Court Order published Friday, a judge ordered that a decision made back in April against Epic Games be overturned. A court had previously ruled that Epic Games couldn't go ahead with its case in Australia because of a contractual clause between Apple and Epic which states that all disputes should be settled in California, as the ruling explains:
Epic has a contractual agreement with Apple to litigate in the Northern District of California whic...
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Apple suffers major blow in Epic Games Fortnite case in Australia
