Apple fails to get Australia to drop Epic Games lawsuit
A temporary stay on the case of Epic Games vs Apple App Store in Australia has been overturned, and the trial will begin shortly.

Still from Epic Games "Free Fortnite" video
The Australian case, expected to go to trial in November 2022, had been granted a temporary stay by the Federal Court in Sydney. The grounds for the stay were that Apple argued its contract with Epic Games stipulated that disputes must first be filed in California.
According to Yahoo News in Australia, that stay was overturned in July by a full bench of that court. Now the High Court in Canberra has refused Apple's request for special leave to appeal.
"Fortnite" game maker Epic, had argued that allowing Apple to dictate where a dispute could be heard, would have a "chilling effect" on competition in Australia. The court has agreed, saying that this jurisdiction contract clause "would offend" Australian public policy.
"[It involves] fundamental public interest issues in relation to conduct undertaken in an Australian sub-market," ruled the court.
As well as overruling Apple's appeal, the High Court has also awarded costs against the company.
Separately, Apple has been asking for a stay in the US for the App Store injunction imposed on it through the Epic Games vs Apple case held there in September 2021.
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Still from Epic Games "Free Fortnite" video
The Australian case, expected to go to trial in November 2022, had been granted a temporary stay by the Federal Court in Sydney. The grounds for the stay were that Apple argued its contract with Epic Games stipulated that disputes must first be filed in California.
According to Yahoo News in Australia, that stay was overturned in July by a full bench of that court. Now the High Court in Canberra has refused Apple's request for special leave to appeal.
"Fortnite" game maker Epic, had argued that allowing Apple to dictate where a dispute could be heard, would have a "chilling effect" on competition in Australia. The court has agreed, saying that this jurisdiction contract clause "would offend" Australian public policy.
"[It involves] fundamental public interest issues in relation to conduct undertaken in an Australian sub-market," ruled the court.
As well as overruling Apple's appeal, the High Court has also awarded costs against the company.
Separately, Apple has been asking for a stay in the US for the App Store injunction imposed on it through the Epic Games vs Apple case held there in September 2021.
Read on AppleInsider
Comments
Is this a fundamental issue for more important things like climate change, such as whether large polluting developed nations can avoid reducing emmissions at the expense of other countries...?
Do we organize to protect regional or bioregional interests or globally for corporate profit externalizing various costs both patent and latent...?
If nothing else will it be an interesting deliberation on the concept of 'stakeholder capitalism'...?
This is what it’s all about. Any other company would have such a laughable case thrown out.