A trial date has been confirmed by the northern California district court hearing the case between Epic Games and Apple. The litigation will move to a bench trial on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, officially confirming that both parties’ desire for the case to be heard by a judge and not a jury has been granted.
The May 2021 date is earlier than the previously proposed July 2021 window by Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers in order to accommodate the Court’s anticipated summer 2021 jury trial schedule as a result of the pandemic. There are a number of pre-trial arrangements and deadlines that run through February and April, but the real meat of the event will happen sooner than expected. The official filing can be downloaded here.
Here's some of our more recent coverage of the Epic/Apple/Google feud:
• Epic v Apple: Emails are forever, leaks are inevitable
• The Epic v. Apple trial is already offering a look behind the scenes of Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, and Sony
• Apple claims it competes with Nintendo and Microsoft, Epic outlines Apple iMessage’s cross-platform blocking
• Arizona moves forward with legislation that will force Apple and Google to allow alternative payment options
• MMO Business Roundup: Comic Con 2021, Apple v. Epic, and Twitch transparency
• MMO Business Roundup: Apple’s Steam subpoena, CCP on the cheap, and Valheim’s 4M
There's gobs more - you can go back and read 'em all from the beginning!
source: Courtlistener.com via Gamasutra
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But what about all the great jurors and all their sweet sympathy Epic was going to get.
A sentiment that would make sense if both parties didn’t want a bench trial. But they did.
i’m aware.