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The case In re Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation was filed as a class action in 2005 [9] claiming Apple violated the U.S. antitrust statutes in operating a music-downloading monopoly that it created by changing its software design to the proprietary FairPlay encoding in 2004, resulting in other vendors' music files being incompatible with and thus inoperable on the iPod. [10]
The filing of United States v. Apple followed the launch of federal antitrust suits against Google (2020 and 2023), Meta (2020), and Amazon (2023). [8] In 2020, Epic Games launched an antitrust lawsuit against Apple that challenged the company's practice of preventing apps on the App Store from offering alternative in-app purchase options. [9]
In June 2021, Masimo expanded its lawsuit to encompass the Apple Watch Series 6, filing a complaint to the International Trade Commission to state that the Series 6 infringes five patents for Masimo's light-based pulse oximeters. [11] The complaint was prompted by delays in the lawsuit, according to Masimo chief executive Joe Kiani. [12]
For one, he said, prosecutors can gain access to company documents and data before filing a complaint. "If I were Apple, I’d be pretty worried about this," Newman said, adding that the DOJ has ...
A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees' rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions by maintaining a series of unlawful workplace rules. The ...
The US Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing the giant company of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market.
2010, Feb 19: Apple drops 4 patents from their countersuit against Nokia that are in their ITC complaint against Nokia. 2010, Feb 24: Apple countersues Nokia in Nokia's second lawsuit, over the 9 patents that are in Apple's ITC complaint. 2010, Mar 02: Apple sues HTC over 10 patents and files an ITC complaint against HTC over 10 other patents.
The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors ...