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by semiquaver
890 days ago
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You’re mistaken. The district court did in fact find that Apple does not possess monopoly power in any relevant market. Here is the ruling from the 9th Circuit: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/04/24/2... Now that SCOTUS has denied cert this constitutes a final judgement. Its rulings on law are binding throughout the 9th circuit. While “possession of monopoly power is a fact question”, this denial is likely to be the final say for quite some time on questions of whether Apple possesses monopoly power in markets related to app stores, which it obviously does not because of the existence of Android. Epic attempted to argue that Apple has monopoly power in “iOS games” which was rejected since you can’t just arbitrarily narrow your market definition until you find a monopoly. |
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You still don't understand. This is in reference to epic's case. It not about other people's cases. The final judgement is on Epic. It is not on the upcoming US government case, for example.
Do you understand the difference?
Do a control F on the document for "Epic failed". Notice how the words "epic failed" are completely different from "everyone in the world has failed"?
This case is about epic's case, not others. Mostly because Epic did not provide enough evidence and failed on the fact finding portion of the original trial.
But that has nothing to do with if other groups provide evidence that Epic missed.
> Epic attempted to argue
Epic attempted to argue it. And epic's, and only epic's argument has failed.
> which it obviously does not because of the existence of Android.
I don't think you understand what a monopoly is, according to anti trust law.
A monopoly is not a single firm. Instead it is about durable market power.
https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui...
From the FTC:
"Courts do not require a literal monopoly before applying rules for single firm conduct; that term is used as shorthand for a firm with significant and durable market power — that is, the long term ability to raise price or exclude competitors."
If you want another source, for future lawsuits, you can simply research the US government's upcoming case against apple.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/17/doj-to-file-antitrust-case-a...