District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers made Apple and its leaders for their behavior during the Epic Games anti -monopoly case on Wednesday, writing that they violated the case of 2021.
In his order, Rogers wrote that Alex Apple's Vice President of Finance “In the wrong” court “Outh” oath, when Apple decided to impose a 27% commission for transactions that were facilitated through his App Store. Roman did not immediately respond to the comment application.
“Neither Apple nor its defender was now healing the obvious lie,” Rogers wrote. “They did not try to withdraw or attack the testimony (although Apple applied for other testimony to the court). Thus, Apple is considered to be lies and false information for the court.”
The court referred the matter to the United States lawyer for the northern part of California to “investigate whether the criminal contempt procedure is appropriate”.
The decision stems from the case against Apple in 2020 Epic Games, a video game developer, where Epic Games accuses Apple Anti -competitive practices related to this control over the App Store and in -app payment systems.
In 2021, the court decided, after the trial, that the restrictions on the Apple application methods outside the App Store were indeed competitive. The decision to largely favored Apple, finding that the company had dealt with anti -competitive behavior in only one of the 10 10.
The court then signed a precept that forced Apple to allow developers to inform users of external shopping opportunities, but Rogers said the company refused to comply with the precept. He wrote it
“Apple's response to the credibility of the strains,” Rogers wrote in Wednesday's submission. “After two sets of evidence came the truth. Apple, despite the fact that its responsibilities knew, prevented the goals of the precept and continued to compete only to maintain their revenue stream. Significantly, Apple believed that this court could not see its obvious concealment.”
Apple spokesman told Business Insider that the company “strongly” does not agree with the court's decision.
“We will comply with the court's ruling and complain,” the spokesman said.
