Apple, Amazon must face consumer lawsuit over iPhone, iPad prices - US judge

By Mike Scarcella
A view of the new iPhone 14 at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino California U.S. September 7 2022. REUTERSCarlos Barria

A view of the new iPhone 14 at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

(Reuters) - Apple and Amazon.com must face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in U.S. court accusing them of conspiring to artificially inflate the price of iPhones and iPads sold on Amazon's platform, a federal judge in Seattle ruled on Thursday.

In his ruling, U.S. District Judge John Coughenour rejected bids from Apple and Amazon to dismiss the prospective class action on various legal grounds.

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