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Tuesday February 2, 2021 2:33 am PST by A judge presiding over preparatory hearings in the court case has ruled that Apple CEO must attend a seven-hour long deposition to testify about how the company views competition, reports .U.S. magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixon reportedly settled on the seven-hour deposition after proposed eight hours to depose Cook and Apple requested four. Apple's concession came after its lawyers attempted to cite the "apex doctrine," which prevents a high-level corporate employee from being deposed.According to Judge Thomas S. Hixon, however, "this dispute is less than meets the eye." Hixon writes that the apex doctrine "limits the length of a deposition, rather than barring it altogether," and that given the circumstances, the dispute is a question of whether Cook should be deposed for "four hours, eight hours, or some length of time in between." Hence, Hixon's ruling that Cook should be deposed for seven hours.Judge Hixon also denied Apple's request to subpoena internal documents related to ‌Epic Games‌' relationship with Samsung, which Apple alleged would prove that its ‌App Store‌'s practices are largely consistent with other industry players.In other words, if Apple can prove that Samsung made similar decisions in how it distributes ‌Epic Games‌' Fortnite, then it could argue that the company's antitrust argument is unconvincing.However, Hixon called the request "a quirky deep dive" into arrangements between the two companies, which "cannot serve as a stand-in for some larger category of market participants."In another development, Hixon ordered Apple to make "best efforts" to produce internal payment-processing documents, after it criticized the company as "frustrating and unsatisfactory" in its attempts to stall their release to Epic.According to , Apple counsel representatives Jay Srinivasan of Gibson Dunn &amp; Crutcher argued that the large size of the company meant the documents would take time to produce, and claimed that ‌Epic Games‌ has not prioritized its requests."You're not really offering a solution to this problem," Judge Hixson told Srinivasan. "You're just saying, 'No, we can't do it.' That feels frustrating and unsatisfactory to me."‌Epic Games‌‌ in added a Fortnite update that allowed customers to purchase in-game currency directly from ‌Epic Games‌, skirting Apple's in-app purchases. That is against Apple's rules, and the move led Apple to .After that, ‌‌Epic Games‌‌ filed a planned lawsuit against Apple, and Apple ultimately ‌‌Epic Games‌‌' developer account. Fortnite has not been available on iOS devices since August, and as Epic refuses to comply with the ‌‌App Store‌‌ rules, there is no path for it to return to the ‌‌App Store‌‌.The trial between ‌Epic Games‌ and Apple is scheduled to begin in May 2021.Tags: , , [ ]Tim Cook: I don’t want to be here for an arbitrary length of 7 hoursJudge: this is the law.Tim Cook: what if I don’t comply?Judge: then you will get punished.Tim Cook: that’s what Epic did. They had a legal agreement, they broke it and got punished. Any further questions?Score: 19 Votes ( | )I don't understand why this judge is given Apple such a hard time. It has been ruled that Epic's problems are a "self infected wound" so why is this even a thing? What does Epic have that will take seven hours to go through?! Sounds more like they are on a fishing expedition.Score: 15 Votes ( | )Don’t like the App Store? Go dev for Android. Or the open web. Very simple. App Store is more than fair.Fortunately, the "fairness" of the App Store is not for you to judge :DScore: 13 Votes ( | )Tim Cook is not what best for Apple and the product innovation has been severely downgraded since 2015.Yup.Abject failures like AirPods and the M1 chip are here to remind us how terrible for Apple Cook is.Score: 13 Votes ( | )I don't understand why this judge is given Apple such a hard time. It has been ruled that Epic's problems are a "self infected wound" so why is this even a thing? What does Epic have that will take seven hours to go through?! Sounds more like they are on a fishing expedition.I'm an attorney. 7 hour depositions are not uncommon for a witness of this magnitude. I've been in depositions of a single witness that lasted days.And yes, depositions are, in many respects, fishing expeditions. Different story when the witness is testifying at trial.Tim will not be allowed to give corporate speak nonsense. He will be grilled. And I hope we get to see the video one day (I assume this deposition will be on video).Score: 10 Votes ( | )Such as? Did someone take you to the apple store and force you to buy an Apple product and NOT return it with in the 2 week return period?You paid for you phone in full price. It is not a rent-phone. Apple has no right to tell you what you can use an what you cannotScore: 10 Votes ( | )Thursday March 24, 2022 3:32 pm PDT by Apple's legal battle with Epic Games is continuing on, and today, the Cupertino company filed an opening brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Both Apple and Epic Games opted to appeal the original ruling in the Epic Games v. Apple case as neither company was satisfied with the outcome. Epic lost, while Apple was subject to App Store changes that are on hold pending ... • Monday May 24, 2021 4:58 pm PDT by The three week Epic Games v. Apple trial wrapped up today, with a series of debates that were held in lieu of traditional closing arguments. The wrap up follows Apple CEO Tim Cook's testimony last week, which saw him grilled by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Apple's App Store policies. As outlined by Protocol, at the conclusion of the trial, Rogers aimed to get at the heart of the dispute... • Friday March 26, 2021 1:21 pm PDT by Apple and Epic Games lawyers are continuing to plan for their upcoming May 3 bench trial, and in a preparatory conference held today, the judge overseeing the case said that attendance will be limited due to the ongoing global health crisis (via Law360). U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has been planning for an in-person trial because she believes that the case is significant... • Monday September 13, 2021 2:02 am PDT by Epic Games has filed an appeal against the ruling in its case against Apple, further prolonging the already year-long legal battle between the two companies. The ruling, announced on Friday, sided with Apple on nine out of the ten counts that Epic Games had presented against the company. Epic, from the start, had alleged that Apple is anti-competitive and that it should open up its devices... • Thursday September 9, 2021 5:00 pm PDT by Epic Games today said that it has asked Apple to reinstate its Fortnite developer account because it intends to release Fortnite in South Korea. South Korea in late August passed a bill that bans Apple from requiring developers to use its in-app purchase system. The bill forces Apple (and Google) to let developers use third-party payment methods to make purchases. Epic Games now says that ... • Thursday January 20, 2022 10:29 am PST by Epic Games today kicked off its appeal of the judge's decision in the Epic v. Apple lawsuit, filing an opening brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Both Apple and Epic Games have decided to appeal the original ruling as neither company was satisfied with the outcome. 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Tuesday February 2, 2021 2:33 am PST by A judge presiding over preparatory hearings in the court case has ruled that Apple CEO must attend a seven-hour long deposition to testify about how the company views competition, reports .U.S. magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixon reportedly settled on the seven-hour deposition after proposed eight hours to depose Cook and Apple requested four. Apple's concession came after its lawyers attempted to cite the "apex doctrine," which prevents a high-level corporate employee from being deposed.According to Judge Thomas S. Hixon, however, "this dispute is less...

Tim Cook Ordered to Attend 7-Hour Deposition in Apple vs. Epic Games Lawsuit

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