Australia’s competition regulator has thrown its hat in the Epic-Apple legal fight ring as it wants to share its views on competition public policy with the court.
Another party has applied to participate in the Australian legal fight between Epic Games and Apple, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) stating it wants to provide its thoughts about competition public policy in court. The Epic Games-Apple court case down under is currently on hold as the presiding judge, Justice Nye Perram, said he wanted to see the outcome of a similar lawsuit being heard in the US before continuing with the Australian case. In his order to stay proceedings, Perram explained the Australian matter would only re-commence if Apple were to be formally accused of breaching Australian Consumer Law in the US or if US courts were unwilling to make a decision regarding whether Apple’s app store practices were anti-competitive.
