As we reported earlier, Epic Games launched antitrust litigation
against Apple (and Google) in California. The case concerns
Apple's removal of the hugely popular battle royale game
Fortnite from the App Store after Epic introduced its own direct
in-app payment functionality into the version of Fortnite available
on iOS, in contravention of the terms of Apple's Developer
Agreement. Epic filed an additional claim against Apple in
Australia in November 2020 (round 2), and then just
before Christmas, Epic filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google in
the UK before the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT";
round 3). A summary of the UK claim can be found here and is grounded basically on the same
reasons as the California claim: Apple is violating competition
rules by i) reserving to itself the sole channel for the
distribution of apps to and/or the payment processing mechanism for
purchases of in-app content for and by consumers who use iPhones
and iPads, ii) using its
