Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Mar. 28, 2024
Epic Games has returned to the Apple Store. Will Apple throw a Hail Mary?
The European Commission has forced Apple to allow iPhone users to directly download apps from the web and install other app stores on their devices. Apple is fighting back.
Apple was a significant beneficiary of the DOJ’s suit against Microsoft more than 20 years ago in the US. The remedy paved the way for Apple to launch iTunes, iPod, and eventually the iPhone. These are not my words, but the words from Jonathan Kanter––Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the DOJ––following the DOJ’s recent antitrust suit against Apple in the US. He presented the DOJ complaint as a way to protect competition and innovation for the n...