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Supreme Court Says Apple Will Have To Face App Store Monopoly Lawsuit

Monday May 13, 2019. 07:01 PM , from Slashdot
A group of iPhone owners accusing Apple of violating US antitrust rules because of its App Store monopoly can sue the company, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. From a report: The Supreme Court upheld the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Apple v. Pepper, agreeing in a 5-4 decision that Apple app buyers could sue the company for allegedly driving up prices. 'Apple's line-drawing does not make a lot of sense, other than as a way to gerrymander Apple out of this and similar lawsuits,' wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Apple had claimed that iOS users were technically buying apps from developers, while developers themselves were Apple's App Store customers. According to an earlier legal doctrine known as Illinois Brick, 'indirect purchasers' of a product don't have the standing to file antitrust cases. But in today's decision, the Supreme Court determined that this logic doesn't apply to Apple.

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