Apple blocks class action status in user app store fee suit

Apple Inc. banned. Antitrust lawsuit over App Store fees brought by a few iPhone users from expanding to millions of customers across the United States. A federal judge in Oakland, California, on Tuesday refused to allow the case to be pursued on behalf of users who have nearly 400 million Apple accounts in the United States who purchased virtual apps and goods from the App Store. The judge allowed the plaintiffs to review and redraft their application. But if her ruling continues, a decade-old case likely to expose the iPhone…

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WiLAN signs patent licensing agreement with Apple after losing experience

WiLAN said on Tuesday that it had signed a patent licensing agreement with Apple and settledAll pending lawsuits, weeks after the iPhone maker won a patent dispute with the company over the wireless technology. In February, Apple persuaded a US appeals court to reject the $85 million jury award for Canadian patent licensing company WiLAN after a retrial in 2020. Apple asked the federal circuit to deny the award on several grounds, including WiLAN expert testimony problems. Apple sued Quarterhill Inc.’s WiLAN in 2014 and sought a ruling that it…

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