Legal dispute in Australia: Apple with serious allegations against Epic

Legal dispute in Australia: Apple with serious allegations against Epic

close notice This article is also available in . It was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed before publication. Don’t show this again. Apple and Epic Games have still not ended their global conflict over payment methods in the App Store, alternative app marketplaces and other questions of platform freedom. There is now new … Read more

Legal dispute in Australia: Apple with serious allegations against Epic

Legal dispute in Australia: Apple with serious allegations against Epic

Apple and Epic Games have still not ended their global conflict over payment methods in the App Store, alternative app marketplaces and other questions of platform freedom. There is now new information from Australia, where both quarrelsome parties have also been in a clinch since 2020 (!). Apple: Epic wants a free ride The federal … Read more

Anti-leak email: US labor market supervision withdraws allegations against Apple

Anti-leak email: US labor market supervision withdraws allegations against Apple

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which in the United States responsible for compensation for interests between companies and employees, has withdrawn a procedure against Apple and its CEO Tim Cook. The question was whether an email that the CEO sent to the entire workforce in September 2021 could have affected employee rights. The letter … Read more

Greenwashing allegations at the Watch: Duh wins against Apple

Greenwashing allegations at the Watch: Duh wins against Apple

Apple may no longer apply its computer clocks as CO₂-neutral-at least in Germany. The regional court in Frankfurt prohibited such an advertisement as misleading and thus followed the argumentation of the German Environmental Aid (DUH), which had submitted an injunction (file number 3-06 O 8/24). In Apple’s advertising for Apple Watch, the DUH sees a … Read more

Smartphone theft wave in London: Allegations against Apple and Google

Smartphone theft wave in London: Allegations against Apple and Google

British parliamentarians have pushed Apple and Google to better protect smartphone users from theft. Existing anti-theft functions such as the activation blocks in iOS and Android are obviously inadequate, said politicians and police employees in a hearing about the British lower house’s science and technology committee this week. In London, a smartphone theft wave causes … Read more