The companies have sparred for more than five years after Epic, maker of Fortnite, accused Apple of illegally blocking competition to its App Store. (Image: Bloomberg) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Apple Inc. lost its challenge to a judge’s rebuke for disobedience but won a new chance to argue for charging developers on transactions that are made outside of the App Store.

In Apple’s long-running dispute with Epic Games Inc., a federal appeals court Thursday rejected the iPhone maker’s challenge to an April ruling that it willfully defied an order from a judge who concluded the company engaged in anticompetitive conduct in violation of California law.

But in its 54-page ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals directed US District Judge Yvonne Gonzale

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