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...The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in April affirmed a 2021 decision favouring the iPhone maker after Epic Games alleged Apple’s App Store was an illegal monopoly....
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...It later granted Epic Games access to its App Store, after Brussels said it was probing Apple over its move to ban the game developer’s account....
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...A US federal jury on Monday found against Google in a lawsuit brought by Epic, the company behind popular video game Fortnite....
...A federal jury on Monday found against Google in a lawsuit brought by Epic, the company behind popular video game Fortnite, which accused the search giant of suppressing competition in the Android app market...
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...Epic Games’ legal fight is unlikely to change that. The value of the mobile app market is estimated at more than $100bn....
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