Apple App Store
A judge in California has issued a permanent injunction in the antitrust case involving Apple's mobile app payment policies and Epic Games. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers ruled that Apple must let developers direct customers to payment methods outside of the company's App Store.
Fortnite
A US federal judge ruling will allow Apple to continue to bar the Fortnite game from its App Store, but also sets out that it cannot harm publisher Epic Games' developer tools business, which includes the Unreal Engine software use by other video games.
Epic Games
Apple countersued Epic Games on Tuesday, claiming the company breached a contract when it introduced a new in-app payment system within the popular video game Fortnite. Apple asked U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers for punitive damages and to block Epic from continuing what it calls unfair business practices, in the escalating skirmish between the two companies