Apple loses bid to pause app store reform order in Epic Games case


FILE PHOTO: Fortnite game graphic is displayed on a smartphone in front of Apple logo in this illustration created on May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -Apple on Wednesday failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court to pause key parts of a federal judge's order requiring the iPhone maker to immediately open its lucrative App Store to more competition.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Apple's request to put the provisions on hold as the tech company appeals the judge's order, which came in a long-running antitrust lawsuit brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.

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