Apple Claims Microsoft Had a Part to Play in with Epic Games Lawsuit

The Ballsy Games vs. Apple tree had gone through an interesting turn this week when Apple tree claimed that Microsoft could be behind the antitrust case confronting the company. Apple tree has gone as far as request Microsoft witnesses' testimony to exist discarded considering Xbox executive Lori Write is not a true third party.

Epic Games vs. Apple Takes an Interesting Turn as Microsoft is Being Accused of Being a Thespian in the Lawsuit

An interesting report from Bloomberg said the following.

Apple Inc. injected a new level of intrigue in its biting court fight with Epic Games Inc., suggesting the Fortnite maker was acting as a stalking horse for Microsoft Corp. and withholding evidence.

The iPhone maker made the accusations Wed night in a filing asking a judge to make an agin credibility finding against Lori Wright, an Xbox executive who testified in the trial on behalf of Epic. That would mean the judge could ignore her testimony.

Apple tree asked for such a ruling before, but upped its accusations in the new filing. "A reasonable observer might wonder whether Epic is serving as a stalking horse for Microsoft," Apple said. "Microsoft shielded itself from meaningful discovery in this litigation by not appearing as a political party or sending a corporate representative to testify"

For those who don't know, the term "stalking horse" refers to a person or a company using a third party to rest a reaction to something. This suggests that Microsoft wanted to have on Apple tree regarding the event that started the lawsuit in the first place. Notwithstanding, the company did not want to become public until it understood how the constabulary and public opinion would expect at the situation. That is the reason, co-ordinate to Apple, why Microsoft fabricated a deal with Epic Games so they can be the public face up of the whole case. Apple has also talked near how Microsoft failed to disclose pertinent internal advice near this.

Apple tree claims Epic used as many witnesses associated with Microsoft at trial every bit it did its own — five each — including Susan Athey from Stanford University.

Athey was presented as an expert witness for Epic and has carried out much consulting work for Microsoft. To the betoken that she has declined to wait at any confidential documents submitted by Apple in case information technology left her open to accusations of using whatever information that could do good Microsoft.

On the other mitt, Microsoft has denied beingness behind this lawsuit and calls this accusation a lark.

Apple is trying to distract from legitimate concerns from many companies across the manufacture nigh its App Store policies and practices, including its refusal to allow game streaming in the Apple App Store.

Simply when nosotros idea the instance could not become interesting, Apple has stepped up and fabricated the states remember fifty-fifty more. Tim Cook is due to testify today, and we are looking forward to seeing how it turns out.