Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify May 21 as Epic trial nears end

Cook will take the witness stand this Friday, May 20, 2021 in a high-stakes courtroom battle challenging the lucrative commissions that the iPhone maker has been raking in from a mobile app store that has become a cornerstone of its US$2 trillion empire. — AP

SAN RAMON, California: Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the witness stand this Friday in a high-stakes courtroom battle over the lucrative commissions the iPhone maker has been raking in from its mobile app store.

The timing of Cook’s highly anticipated testimony was confirmed on May 19 when a US federal judge granted Apple’s request to allow the 60-year-old executive to be the first witness sworn in Friday morning during a trial that has been unfolding in an Oakland, California, courtroom since the beginning of this month.