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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -4 extra U.S. states on Tuesday joined the Justice Division’s lawsuit in opposition to Apple Inc alleging the iPhone maker is monopolizing smartphone markets, the division mentioned in an announcement.
The 4 states are Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington, the Justice Division mentioned. The unique lawsuit was filed in March, and 15 states and the District of Columbia joined the lawsuit on the time.
The lawsuit alleges that Apple makes use of its market energy to get more cash from shoppers, builders, content material creators, artists, publishers, small companies and retailers. The civil lawsuit accuses Apple of an unlawful monopoly on smartphones, maintained by imposing contractual restrictions on, and withholding vital entry from, builders.
The Justice Division has beforehand mentioned Apple expenses as a lot as $1,599 for an iPhone and makes a bigger revenue than any rival. Officers additionally mentioned Apple imposes hidden expenses on varied enterprise companions – from software program builders to bank card corporations and even rivals comparable to Alphabet’s, Google, in ways in which in the end increase costs for shoppers.
Apple has mentioned it plans to ask a federal choose in New Jersey to throw the case out, arguing that it “faces fierce competitors from well-established rivals.”
A spokesperson for Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington and Jody Godoy in New York; enhancing by Jonathan Oatis and Leslie Adler)
