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...Epic largely lost a high-profile legal case against Apple in the US....
...In its case against Apple, Epic has experienced less success....
...Epic wanted to operate its own app “store” rather than rely on Google’s expensive premises. The rents this saved Epic could then be reinvested or returned to customers it said....
...Epic’s victory this week vindicates Sweeney’s persistence....
...Epic says it is fighting for all Android developers, but it also has a clear interest of its own: boosting traffic for its own Epic Games Store, which carries a 12 per cent fee for developers selling on...
...In return, Epic says these manufacturers were given a cut of Google’s profits....
...Epic has also brought similar claims of anti-competitive behaviour against Apple....
...Clawing back fees would help Epic, which says it spends more than it makes....
...than California’s, where Epic’s case was brought....
...Other likely witnesses include Epic’s chief executive Tim Sweeney....
...The legislation, which was supported by a coalition of app developers including Tinder owner Match Group, Spotify and Epic Games, was the first of its kind in the world....
...Struggling cinema operators are looking to Dune: Part Two, the sci-fi epic opening this weekend starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, to breathe life into the box office after a lacklustre holiday season...
...ShareAction also said that Nestlé was not complying with Health Star Rating, a nutrition grading system the company has voluntarily adopted across its global portfolio....
...The Netflix factory loves to stretch compact dramas into turgid epics they can drag along for hours....
...The epic western, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro and clocks in at about three and a half hours, has a guaranteed 45-day “window” in cinemas before it moves on to the Apple TV+ streaming...
...Late last year, it lost an antitrust case brought by Epic Games against its Android app store....
...Picking up the baton from the Oscars-festooned Christopher Nolan and his three-hour epic Oppenheimer is filmmaker Brian Knappenberger....
...Google’s Play Store, which charges a similar fee, is also in the spotlight after it lost a landmark trial against Epic Games in California in December....
...Sweeney also warned that Apple’s vetting of rival stores could prevent the Epic Games Store from featuring on iOS....
...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....
...Meanwhile in the US, the legal fight with Epic Games won’t go away....
...I thought of this while sitting in the courtroom for the trial between Epic Games and Google late last year....
...“It was one of the most epic episodes ever in pharmaceuticals history: you got an accelerated approval of a product that didn’t have a completed phase 3 trial....
...Spotify and Epic Games, longtime Apple critics, have also argued Apple’s proposed moves amount to an act of bad faith....
...Vail Resorts can’t move mountains but it plans to counter this with improved snow-making, non-skier activities and ensuring other (less slushy) slopes are accessible via its multi-resort Epic Pass, which...
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