Epic Games has sued Apple again. Now in Australia

The confrontation between Epic Games and Apple is getting bigger. This time, the owners of Fortnite appealed to the Federal Court of Australia. The reason is the same — Apple’s monopolistic behavior and violation of the rights of consumers (already Australian).

The litigation between the companies has been going on for many months. Back in mid-August, Apple removed Fortnite from its store, for which it received the first lawsuit from Epic. So far, the proceedings have been held only in the United States, but there the next trial in the case will take place no earlier than May 2021.

The lawsuit that Epic sent to the Australian judges turned out to be much shorter than its California predecessor — 13 pages against 65. In the document, the developers refer to the Consumer Protection Act of Australia, as well as to certain sections of the competition law.

Epic did not explain why it chose Australia as the new battlefield. But she once again stressed that first of all the company defends not its rights, but the rights of consumers and developers.

The authors of Fortnite believe that Apple has never allowed and still does not allow any competition on the iOS platform. In their opinion, as long as this is the case, neither Epic itself, nor other developers or providers of paid in-game content will be able to count on fair competition.

It is not known when the trial will take place in Australia. Meanwhile, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has already promised to conduct its own investigation and share its results in March 2021. In particular, the commission will consider the situation not only with the App Store, but also with Google Play.

Note: at the moment Epic has not sued Google in Australia. Although this case is also being conducted in the United States, it is not given such high-profile publicity as a lawsuit against Apple.

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