On April 12th, Apple denied accusations of violating a court order regarding its App Store and urged a federal judge in California to reject Epic Games' attempt to impose sanctions on it.

Apple submitted these statements to the U.S. District Court in Oakland, presided over by Judge Rogers, who oversaw Epic's case in 2020, alleging that Apple violated antitrust laws by enforcing restrictions on consumers downloading apps and conducting transactions within them.

Apple's filing harshly criticized Epic for attempting to make Apple's "tools and technology available to developers for free." Epic stated that it wants the court to "micromanage Apple's business in a way that increases Epic's profits."

Epic declined to comment on this. Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the dispute, which is part of a long-standing conflict between the two companies.

Most of Epic's cases against Apple have ended in defeat, but Judge Rogers ordered Apple in 2021 to give developers more freedom to guide app users to alternative payment methods for digital goods.

In January of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Apple's appeal against the injunction.

Last month, in a court filing, Epic claimed that Apple "openly violated" the court's injunction and cited Apple's imposition of a 27% tax on some developer transactions, which Epic believes makes the link to alternative payment sources "commercially worthless."

Epic also alleged that Apple prevents some apps from informing customers of other payment methods.

Last month, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), X, and Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) all expressed support for the above accusations, believing that Apple "clearly violated" the court's orders.

In a similar lawsuit brought by Epic against Google's parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), a San Francisco judge is expected to issue a new injunction affecting the Google Play Store later this year.