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A judge has ruled in favor of Apple in its dispute with Epic Games over custodians in an upcoming antitrust lawsuit.
Despite Epic s protest, a judge said Apple had justified its request and that Epic had not shown Apple had made the request deliberately late.
A judge has ruled that Apple can call upon three additional custodians from Epic Games, using their documents as evidence in its upcoming trial with Fortnite developer.
As we reported yesterday, parties submitted to a District Court in California that despite some back and forth they had been unable to agree on Apple s request to seek documents from three key witnesses at Epic:
Apple and Epic Games have reached an impasse in their upcoming antitrust legal battle.
Parties are in dispute regarding custodians of documents they think are relevant to the case.
Apple says Epic has refused to agree to three additional custodian requests, but Epic says this request came far too late in the process.
Apple and Epic Games have told a court they are unable to reach agreement over various custodians of documents and evidence they think are necessary for their upcoming antitrust lawsuit.
In a joint letter to the US District Court of Northern California, counsel for both Epic Games and Apple told a judge that parties had exchanged correspondence in good faith to resolve outstanding disputes , but to no avail.