After the defeat of the Apple in the U.S., the Epic Games will now seek to win in the Australia. In the six months to the future, Jonathan Beach, will hear evidence from both sides, with respect to the infringement of a claim of the law, antitrust, from the company's Cupertino. The issue will be examined, along with a similar one against Google.
We continue in Australia
When Apple removed the Fortnite store of its own, Epic Games is not only made an appeal to the united states, but also in Australia, Europe, and the United Kingdom in the year 2021. A) the name like it was filed against Google in the court of the Melburnit.
The discussion of these two cases, it was suspended, pending the outcome of the United States. As evidence, in the united states have been completed (Yard has lost out to Apple's and made by Google), and the battle in australia you can launch again and again. However, the court decided to combine the two issues in order to avoid duplication and unnecessary evidence. The charges of the Yard, against Apple and Google, are in fact very similar: the abuse of a dominant position in the distribution of the applications, and the methods of payment.
There is no doubt that there are some differences, since Google allows for the installation of the mall, alternative, and sideloading of apps. However, both companies to ask for a commission for purchases within the application (15% or 30%). The process will take at least six months, and, of course, will occur in 2025 with a complaint of material.
In the United Kingdom, the investigation into antitrust by the CMA (Competition Authority, and the Market is still in the future. In Europe, the applicable Regulation of the Markets of Digital, which has imposed some of the changes at Apple, including the installation of a duty alternative to the use of the method of payment by a third party, but Epic Games has criticized the resolution passed by the company's Cupertino (in particular, the Core of the new, the technology).
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