Some less good legal news for Apple. For starters, a judge has ruled that Apple CEO Tim Cook should sit down for a seven-hour investment in the upcoming case against Epic Games. Second, Apple’s attempt to subpoena Samsung in the case was also rejected. Womp boireannachp.
according to court documents, Epic Games wanted to put Cook down for eight hours. Apple then tried the apex teaching, which in turn prevents a high-ranking corporate employee from being laid off. Or, you know, zero hours. Apple later offered four-hour discount. According to Judge Thomas S. Hixon, however, “this controversy is less than eye-catching. Hixon writes that the teaching of the apex “limits the length of investment, rather than restricting it altogether,” and with the circumstances, the controversy is whether Cook should be sent out for “four hours, eight hours, or some length of time between them. So the Hixon rule came that Cook should be sent out for seven hours.
As to where Hixon received seven hours, the judge writes that the basic rule is for “how long a witness must be put down. Hixon also argues that the teaching of the apex focuses on whether a witness has “specific, non-repetitive knowledge of the facts of the case. When it comes to Apple’s app store policies – which are at the heart of this seemingly relentless case against Epic – Hixon writes “there’s really no one like Apple’s CEO who can prove how that Apple sees competition in these different markets is fundamental to its business model. ”
On the clear side for Cook, Judge Hixon said that “investing more than seven hours is pointless.”
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Another blow is that Judge Hixon denied Apple ‘s request to send in internal documents from Samsung. With Samsung not even involved in Apple and Epic meat, Hixon branded the application as a “deep dive” into Samsung’s relationship with Epic. As to why Apple made the request in the first place, the company said that these documents would confirm that the App Store’s usage is virtually identical to everyone else’s usage. Or put simply, from Apple’s point of view, Epic Games can’t make a reliable argument about trust if it can prove that Samsung made similar decisions regarding how it circulates Epic Fortnite.
However, Hixon argues that, since Epic Games is a Pretty Big Company, whatever the resolution it is Samsung ‘s unique and “it can’t stand on its own for a larger number of market participants. ”
It’s hard to say that both of these rules are “advantages” for Epic, as they are minor obstacles for Apple. Cook could be put down for seven hours, but that doesn’t guarantee the court will side with Epic Games at the end of the day. Samsung’s refusal, however, could work badly for Apple’s other subpoenas for other third parties, including Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Amazon.
In any case, these are just the latest developments in a litany of legal tit-for-tat in between Apple and Epic Games from last summer. Following a courtroom, you might say, den ludicrous display that kicked this whole saga in the first place. As an update, in August, Epic introduced direct in-app purchases Fortnite that set aside Apple’s 30% commission for transactions made through the App Store. That caused Apple booting Fortnite from the App Store. In turn, follow that spicy video from Epic features Apple as a dystopian dictator. Again, that brought Apple terminating Epic Games ’developer account App Store.
The drama has slowed down a bit, with the trial not set to begin until July. That said, it’s fair to assume that the next few months will see a lot of aggressive legal backlash back and forth as both Epic and Apple try to reap benefits for the individual cases. aca.