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Apple<\/a> Inc on Wednesday won a reprieve from having to make major changes to its lucrative App Store<\/a> while it appeals an antitrust lawsuit brought by \"Fortnite\" creator Epic Games<\/a>.
In September, a U.S. judge ordered Apple<\/a> to change its App Store<\/a> rules, which ban developers from including links in buttons to outside payment systems rather than using Apple's own in-app payments that charge a commission on sales. The injunction was set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday.
But with just slightly more than 12 hours remaining before the deadline, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Apple's request to pause the order.
The appeals court order means Apple will not have to make the changes while it pursues a potentially years-long appeal of the Epic Games<\/a> decision, which was largely favorable to the iPhone maker aside from the order to allow buttons to outside payment methods. The lower court did not find that Apple violated any antitrust laws, but said the company broke California's unfair competition law by not allowing developers to tell consumers about alternative ways to pay for software.
\"Apple has demonstrated, at minimum, that its appeal raises serious questions on the merits of the district court's determination,\" the 9th Circuit Court wrote on Wednesday.
Apple said that \"our concern is that these changes would have created new privacy and security risks, and disrupted the user experience customers love about the App Store.\"
Epic declined to comment on Wednesday.
Joel Mitnick, a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and a former U.S. Federal Trade Commission trial lawyer, said the 9th Circuit's ruling gave few \"tea leaves to decipher\" about how the appeal will ultimately play out, but said the court is \"signaling a serious concern\" that the lower court found Apple violated California unfair competition laws but not federal antitrust laws.
He said the 9th circuit cited a previous case that held that conduct that does not violate antitrust laws cannot be the basis for a finding of unfairness under competition laws.
Randal Picker, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, said Wednesday's decision was \"clearly good news for Apple. Good news in the short run in that they don't have to implement changes to the App Store right now, and a hint that Apple may win in the Ninth Circuit when the case is considered fully on the merits.\"
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苹果从App Store赢得特赦令变化而“Fortnite”上演的吸引力
上诉法院的命令意味着苹果将不必修改虽然追求一种潜在多年史诗游戏的吸引力的决定,这在很大程度上有利于iPhone制造商除了以允许按钮以外的支付方法。
苹果. n:行情)周三获得了缓刑不必使其利润丰厚的重大变化应用程序商店虽然上诉反垄断诉讼带来的“Fortnite”的创造者史诗般的游戏。
今年9月,美国法官命令苹果改变其应用程序商店规则,禁止开发人员包括链接按钮以外的支付系统,而不是使用苹果的应用内支付收取回扣。禁令将上午12:01生效。周四太平洋时间。
但只有略超过12个小时剩下的最后期限之前,美国第九巡回上诉法院授予苹果的请求暂停订单。
上诉法院的命令意味着苹果将不必修改虽然追求一种潜在多年的吸引力史诗般的游戏决定,这在很大程度上是有利于iPhone制造商除了以允许按钮以外的支付方法。下级法院没有发现苹果违反了反托拉斯法,但表示该公司打破了加州的不公平竞争法律不允许开发人员告诉消费者支付软件替代方式。
“苹果已经证明,至少,它的吸引力在地方法院的优点提出了严肃的问题的决心,“第九巡回法院周三写道。
苹果说,“我们担心的是,这些变化将会创造新的隐私和安全风险,破坏用户体验客户喜欢App Store。”
史诗周三拒绝置评。
Joel米特尼克的合伙人律师,Wickersham &塔夫特和前美国联邦贸易委员会(Federal Trade Commission)出庭律师,说第九巡回上诉法院的判决给了几个“解读茶叶”上诉最终会如何上演,但表示,法院“信号严重关切”,下级法院发现苹果违反加州法律不公平竞争,而不是联邦反托拉斯法。
他说,9日电路引用先前的案例,认为行为不违反反托拉斯法不能发现的基础下的不公平竞争的法律。
兰德尔选择器、芝加哥大学法学院教授表示,周三的决定是“显然对苹果的好消息。乐动扑克好消息在短乐动扑克期内,他们没有实现更改应用程序商店现在,和一个暗示,苹果可能赢得第九巡回法院当案件被认为是完全的优点。”
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