Apple faces a trial of the US Department of Justice, in which the iPhone manufacturer was illegally accused of dominating the US smartphone market, a judge on Monday ruled.
The US District Judge Julian Neel rejected Apple’s proposal in New Jersey’s Newark, rejecting the company for accusing the company of using sanctions on third -party apps and device developers and to switch users to switch to competitors and illegally dominate the market.
This decision allows the matter to move forward what a year battle for Apple for Apple may be, which they say are obstacles in competition with Apple’s iPhone.
A spokesman for Apple said that the company believes that the lawsuit is wrong on facts and laws, and will continue to fight it strictly in the court.
A DOJ spokesperson refused to comment.
In 2024, the world’s most popular smartphone sales were $ 201 billion (about Rs 17,19,518 crore). Apple introduced a new budget model iPhone in February, with increased features priced at $ 170 as compared to its predecessor.
The lawsuit filed in March 2024 focuses on Apple’s restrictions and fees on app developers and technical barriers for third-party equipment and services-like smart watches, digital wallets and messaging services-which will compete with themselves.
DOJ, along with several states and Washington, DC says the practices destroyed the competition and the apples should be stopped from continuing them.
Apple argued that its limitations were appropriate at the third party developers’ access to their technology, and that it would cool innovation to force it to share technology with the contestants.
The case is one of the series of American mistrust cases against Biden and the first Trump administration brought during the Trump administration.
Facebook parents are facing cases by the Meta platform and amazon.com antitrust enformers, alleging that they maintain illegally monopoly, and are facing two such cases of alphabet.
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