It’s being reported today that the technology industry’s most important private antitrust lawsuit in history–Epic Games v. Apple–will be heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday, October 21, 2022.
The Ninth Circuit conducts its hearings at different locations on the West Coast; this one will be held in Courtroom 3 of the James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, just across the Bay Bridge from Oakland, where last year’s Epic v. Apple trial took place.
It’s a cross-appeal as Epic is appealing the dismissal of its federal antitrust claims under the Sherman Act, while Apple is appealing the consolation prize Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers handed Epic in the form of an anti-anti-steering injunction under California state law (Unfair Competition Law).
FOSS Patent is of the opinion that the losing party will certainly file a petition for writ of certiorari (a request for Supreme Court review). For more on this, read the full detailed report by FOSS Patents.
