Epic also appeals to US Supreme Court in legal battle against Apple

Epic Games has filed a request with the US Supreme Court, asking for it to support a previous court ruling that forbids Apple from preventing developers directing players to payment systems outside the iOS ecosystem.

Reuters reported that the Fortnite firm is asking the highest court in the US to overrule a decision made earlier this month by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that paused the original injunction.

At the start of July, Apple filed its own appeal to the Supreme Court asking it to overrule the 2021 decision that it must cease its anti-steering practices that mean all microtransactions are handled through iOS and therefore generate a 30% fee that goes to Apple.

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