The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Apple's bid to escape being found in contempt in its legal fight with Fortnite maker Epic Games. The court's decision comes after Apple was deemed in violation of a judicial order mandating sweeping changes to its lucrative App Store in the antitrust litigation.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Apple's bid to escape being found in contempt in its legal fight with Fortnite maker Epic Games.
The court's decision comes after Apple was deemed in violation of a judicial order mandating sweeping changes to its lucrative App Store in the antitrust litigation. The justices have taken up Apple's appeal of a lower court's ruling upholding a decision by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers finding Apple in contempt in Epic's 2020 lawsuit contesting App Store fees.
Apple and Epic have clashed for years over the rules governing Apple's App Store, with the contempt ruling and the scope of Apple's court-ordered obligations being the latest issues in the dispute to reach the Supreme Court. Apple has said the legal issues in the litigation will affect how millions of app purchases are made.
The company mostly defeated Epic's lawsuit, but was required in a 2021 injunction issued by Rogers to let developers include links in their apps directing users to non-Apple payment methods. Apple allowed the links but adopted new restrictions, including a 27% commission on developers for purchases made on payment systems outside the App Store within seven days of clicking a link. Apple charges developers a 30% commission for purchases within the App Store.
Epic argued that the new 27% commission flouted the earlier injunction. In 2025, Rogers found Apple in civil contempt for violating the injunction. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in December upheld the judge's contempt finding but let Apple make new arguments about what commission it should be allowed to charge for digital goods bought in apps distributed through the App Store but paid for using third-party systems.
Apple has denied violating the judge's order and argued to the Supreme Court that the injunction should not be applied to millions of developers beyond Epic Games. Regulators around the world are watching this case to determine what commission rate Apple may charge on covered purchases in huge markets outside the United States
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