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On Monday, a federal judge refused Apple’s request to expel an American governmental lawsuit claiming that the trend of technology has built a maze of illegal barriers to protect iPhone from competition and fattening its profits.
The opinion 33 – issued by the American boycott judge as Zavier Niels in New Jersey will enable the anti -monopoly suit The US Department of Justice against Apple raised 15 months ago To follow up. Neals has set a schedule that could see the case for trial in 2027.
Apple sought to reject the lawsuit, on the pretext that the Ministry of Justice has distorted the features of the smart phone market and presented a series of other wrong interpretations that justify the case.
But Nelsi decided that there is sufficient evidence to support the definitions of the Ministry of Justice market and concluded that the main allegations of the case deserve more examination in the trial.
The box seeks to penetrate the digital castle carried out by Apple Inc. It is based in Cuperno, California, around iPhone and iPad and other products to create the so -called “Written Park” Allow their devices and software to connect smoothly to users.
The Ministry of Justice claims that the walled park has mostly turned into a shield against competition, creating the market conditions that enable it to impose higher fees on prices and innovation.
In his opinion, Niels wrote: “The lawsuit determines many of the allegations of technological barriers that constitute an anti -competition behavior.” The judge also concluded that the Ministry of Justice indicated enough areas of disturbing behavior that raised the “dangerous possibility” that Apple turned iPhone into an illegal monopoly.
In a statement on Monday, Apple released its position that the issue of the Ministry of Justice is “wrong in facts and law, and we will continue to fight it strongly in court.”
A lawsuit to combat monopoly is not the only legal headache that threatens to undermine its profits, which total $ 94 billion on sales of $ 295 billion in its financial year ending last September.
Another federal judge in April Civil contempt for a civil contempt Apple prohibited from collecting any fees from within the application on the iPhone that is converted through other options alongside the exclusive payment processing system that was receiving commissions ranging from 15 % to 30 %.
Apple may also lose an annual batch of more than $ 20 billion to make Google the virtual search tool on iPhone and other products as part of the anti -monopoly issue provided by the Ministry of Justice. A Federal judge in Washington, DC, thinks Whether you want to block deals with Apple as part of the process of disposing of treatment Illegal Google monopoly in SEARC H.
The decision of Neals to allow the issue of anti -monopoly affiliated with the Ministry of Justice to follow up on the same day that Apple was subjected to a lawsuit by the company that raises the charges of illegal behavior by the company. The lawsuit, which will seek a collective certificate, requires the provision of thousands of developers who have made iPhone applications for punitive damage against Apple, in addition to the court order to dismantle its walled garden.
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