Apple’s fine in France has been reduced by 2/3 to 372 million euros
A French court reduced a fine against iPhone manufacturer Apple for suspected anti-competitive behavior to 372 million euros ($366.31 million) from 1.1 billion euros before.
The first penalty was levied in 2020 by France's antitrust authorities for Apple's anti-competitive behavior toward its re... Read more
Apple faces antitrust lawsuit for mistreating Jamf
Apple's recent treatment of Jamf is considered anti-competitive. Furthermore, the tech giant's new device management software may directly compete with Jamf.
The antitrust regulators of the European Union announced that Apple refused to allow third-party payment services to access its NFC chip.... Read more
Apple makes cybercrime risks argument to keep control of all iOS apps
Apple doubled down on its criticism of the European Union’s draft rules that would force it to allow users to install software from outside its App Store, saying the move will bolster malware and cybercrime risks.
The Coalition for App Fairness, including Epic Games, Spotify, and Match Group, ... Read more
Ericsson files a lawsuit against Apple over FRAND compliance
Ericsson intends to speed up licensing negotiations for 5G technologies with Apple. On Monday, it filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that it fulfilled commitments to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
That would make it ready to deal under FRAND (fair, reason... Read more
Apple’s M1 MacBooks are fragile, a lawsuit alleges
MacBook owners are angry and claim in two separate lawsuits that Apple’s latest laptops, with the M1 chips, have defective screens that break easily and tend to glitch. The complaints were filed on Wednesday in a Federal District Court in San Jose, California.
The suits seek class certificatio... Read more
Apple knew its MacBook displays were defective and kept selling them anyway
Apple could not have known that it was setting itself up to get sued when it released its controversial MacBook Pro redesign in 2016.
The lawsuits would not just be for its infamous butterfly keyboards alone, since it seems that there is another lawsuit, over the company’s very fragile display... Read more
Data privacy complaint filed against Apple in EU by French Startup Lobby
France Digitale filed a complaint against Apple with CNIL (a data privacy watchdog) on breaching of European Union rules. France’s leading startup lobby confirmed the complaint filing in a statement.
In a seven-page complaint obtained by Reuters, the lobby, which represents most of France’s ... Read more
EU might charge Apple for anti-competitive practices against Spotify
Apple might face an EU antitrust charge sheet in the next few weeks, after Spotify, a big rival, complained that the iPhone maker unfairly pushed its own music streaming service. Reuters broke the news, after speaking with two people familiar with the issue, on Thursday.
The European Commission ... Read more
Italy consumer association sues Apple for ending the iPhone 6 series
The Italian consumer association, Altroconsumo, announced on Monday that it informed iPhone maker Apple that it was launching a class action suit against the tech giant. The accusation is that the phone company has planned obsolescence of its products.
Altroconsumo said that it would seek damage... Read more