Epic Games v. Apple got into the weeds Tuesday, as the gaming company’s main economic witness clashed with an attorney for the iPhone maker. Apple’s case could start as early as Friday. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook is scheduled to be the last witness.
Epic Games Inc. v. Apple Inc. got into the weeds Tuesday, as the gaming company’s main economic witness clashed with an attorney for the iPhone maker.
Apple’s game transactions are not substitutes for digital game transactions on the Sony PlayStation store nor Valve Corp.’s Steam, according to Evans. “They are not significant substitutes in the way we use the term,” he said. “By and large in the world we live in now, we are smartphone based and app based for much of what people do,” Evans said later. “I don’t believe that’s really a realistic option.”
Regardless of Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ decision in the bench trial, Kesselman expects it to be appealed to the The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Larry Downes, project director at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy’s Evolution of Regulation and Innovation, has a contrarian view.
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