Apple Gets Win in Smartphone-Monopoly Antitrust Lawsuit Appeal

Apple Inc. kept its victory in a case alleging the tech giant conspired to monopolize the smartphone operating system market and inflate the price of iPhones, as the Ninth Circuit affirmed a trial court’s ruling that the plaintiffs lacked antitrust standing.

“Because Plaintiffs fail to allege that their injury of inflated prices would be redressed by an injunction, without requiring guesswork as to how independent decisionmakers will exercise their judgment, Plaintiffs do not establish Article III standing to seek injunctive relief,” the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday.

The appeals court affirmed a July 2024 ruling ...