Apple Can't Delay App Store Fee Fight While Waiting on Supreme Court
Apple Can't Delay App Store Fee Fight While Waiting on Supreme CourtTuesday August 11, 2026 12:14 pm PDT by Juli CloverApple has again failed to earn a stay for fee calculations in its ongoing legal fight with Epic Games. Apple's case will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins in October, and Apple asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to pause proceedings until then, but the court said no.
- ▪Apple Can't Delay App Store Fee Fight While Waiting on Supreme CourtTuesday August 11, 2026 12:14 pm PDT by Juli CloverApple has again failed to earn a stay for fee calculations in its ongoing legal fight with Epic Games.
- ▪Apple's case will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins in October, and Apple asked the U.S.
- ▪District Court for the Northern District of California to pause proceedings until then, but the court said no.
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Apple Can't Delay App Store Fee Fight While Waiting on Supreme CourtTuesday August 11, 2026 12:14 pm PDT by Juli CloverApple has again failed to earn a stay for fee calculations in its ongoing legal fight with Epic Games. Apple's case will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins in October, and Apple asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to pause proceedings until then, but the court said no. Apple now has 24 hours to give the court an outline of the fees it wants to charge developers for using alternative payment options and linking out to purchase options on the web. Epic Games will then be able to give a legal analysis of Apple's fee proposal, and the court will decide what's reasonable.
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