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(Not a lawyer, or really an expert on anti-trust law) I fully expect both sides to appeal. To much money is on the line to not try. Even if Apple knew they wo
by gpm 5y ago
(Not a lawyer, or really an expert on anti-trust law)
I fully expect both sides to appeal. To much money is on the line to not try.
Even if Apple knew they would lose the appeal, I expect they still would, to try and get a stay on this ruling pending the outcome of the case.
I've always been very sympathetic to Epic's side of this case, still am, personally I don't expect Apple to win appeal [1], but I also wouldn't rank the odds of that happening as significantly lower that I thought the odds were of them winning the initial case.
Epic might be willing to settle without an appeal in exchange for the ability to continue developing unreal engine for iOS... but given that Apple is not likely to be willing to settle (see above) I doubt that will happen. Apple might choose to unban epic anyways, since the game engine only being available for android hurts them, but I doubt it.
[1] Though if a detail here or there changed in Apples favor that would not be surprising.
- microtherion 5y ago> Epic might be willing to settle without an appeal in exchange for the ability to continue developing unreal engine for iOS I wonder which parts of the lawsuit are even amenable to a settlement at this point. Sure, the breach of contract claim is between Apple and Epic, and Epic could negotiate away their right to appeal. But presumably the injunction just issued is NOT negotiable, as this is based on behavior that Apple is alleged to have engaged in against all developers? Would any actual lawyers care to weigh in?