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• ACM informed Apple that if it fails to adhere to its order, it will have to pay each week a penalty payment of 5 million euros up to a maximum of 50 million euros.

• Stressing that Apple must adjust its conditions for access to the Dutch App Store for dating-app providers, the Dutch antitrust authority said that in the App Store, dating-app providers must also be able to use payment systems other than Apple's payment system.

• "This means that Apple now has to pay ACM the first penalty payment of 5 million euros," it said in a statement late on Monday.

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• 该法则于 1 月生效，从那时起，苹果每周收到 500 万欧元的罚款。这是第 10 次罚款，总计 5000 万欧元。

• ACM认为约会应用程序开发人员不需要在使用替代支付或应用内支付之间进行选择，并表示应用程序必须能够提供这两种选择。

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• 整改 — Apple

  为了符合荷兰反垄断监管机构几个月前的命令，使得荷兰的约会APP可以使用非苹果支付方式，苹果周一（3月21日）提交了一项新提案。

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• The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said that Apple had sent it "new proposals" on Monday in an attempt to resolve the company's dispute over allowing dating app developers to use third-party payment methods in the Netherlands. The ACM did not disclose any details about Apple's newly proposed remedy, which it said it would now assess, and the organization continued to impose its ninth weekly penalty of €5 million on the company.

• “我们现在将评估这些提案的内容，”荷兰消费者和市场管理局 (ACM) 发言人 Murco Mijnlieff 表示，“我们的目标是尽快完成这项评估。”

• 为了符合荷兰反垄断监管机构几个月前的命令，使得荷兰的约会APP可以使用非苹果支付方式，苹果周一（3月21日）提交了一项新提案。

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• Apple is being sued by a woman who claims the tech giant failed to protect her from sexual harassment while she was employed in a COVD support role on the set of the Will Smith thriller “Emancipation,” reports Bloomberg.

• Alicia Kelly also sued production companies Lionsgate Entertainment Inc. and Jerry Bruckheimer Inc., as well as her direct employers, claiming the companies fostered a workplace environment where sexual harassment, sexual intimidation and sexual battery were allowed against female workers.

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• 大量用户投诉Apple商店自动扣费，质量问题中较为典型的是苹果iPhone13新机出现红绿屏

• 平台发布2021年度红黑榜榜单

• 而Apple、索尼、柠檬悦读、金正、罗技回复及响应解决情况较差，位于数码产品领域黑榜。

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• 众多消费者通过美国纽约南区地方法院指控苹果，认为其Beats by Dre Powerbeats Pro耳机对于电池续航的承诺不到位。

• 苹果曾经宣称这款耳机充满一次电的续航可以达到9个小时，但实际却并非如此。

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• Published - January 18, 2022 10:53 pm IST

• Sweden's Ericsson has filed another set of patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in the latest salvo between the two companies over royalty payment for use of 5G wireless patents in iPhones.

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• 否认 — Garena spokesperson

  Garena’s spokesperson says to the lip Crafton’s allegations are unfounded.

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• The lawsuit also covers game maker Garena, as well as YouTube.

• Crafton, publisher and developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Apple and Google, among others. The lawsuit revolves around Free Fire and Free Fire MAX, which Crafton says infringes the company’s copyrights and is on the app stores.

• Garena’s spokesperson says to the lip Crafton’s allegations are unfounded.

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• 否认 — Garena

  A company spokesperson said, “Krafton’s claims are groundless.”

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• Another day, another lawsuit. Krafton Inc., the maker of the game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” says in a new U.S. lawsuit that a Singapore-based company made rip-off versions of its game, and Apple and Google have refused to stop selling them, reports Reuters.

• Krafton, the developer behind PlayUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” and the maker of PUBG Mobile, last year’s No. 6 top-grossing mobile game on a global basis, is suing the app stores and a rival game maker, Garena, over copyright infringement involving Garena Online’s Free Fire games.

• The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on January 10, 2022.

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• Arigna's new case, over the '835 patent, has been assigned to District Judge Alan D. Albright. 2/10, Western District of Texas.

• Arigna Technology Limited, one of several plaintiffs associated with Dublin-based patent monetization firm Atlantic IP, has filed a single complaint against Alphabet (Google), Apple, Lenovo, Microsoft, OnePlus, Samsung, and TCL (6:22-cv-00151) in the Western District of Texas.

• infringement accusations in Arigna's complaint target various devices and computers (e.g., desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones) of the defendants over their alleged incorporation of the Qualcomm QET4100 and/or QET5100-series envelope tracking modules.

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• 否认 — Apple

  Apple rebuffed the EU charge.

• 否认 — Apple

  Apple firmly rejected the accusations

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• The EU competition enforcer, in its so-called statement of objections setting out the charge, said the issue related to Apple's restrictive rules for its App Store that force developers to use its own in-app payment system and prevent them from informing users of other purchasing options.

• EU regulators have accused Apple of distorting competition in the music streaming market, siding with Spotify in a case that could lead to a hefty fine and changes in the iPhone maker's lucrative business practices.

• Apple rebuffed the EU charge.

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• A new lawsuit against Apple alleges that the company's 'Buy' button on iTunes content is misleading and deceptive because Apple can terminate your access to content at any time.

• Apple filed a motion to dismiss the suit, however, Judge John Mendez rejected the attempt (in part)

• The judge also rejected Apple's claim that the alleged injury was speculative in the case, stating that "the injury is that at the time of purchase, he paid either too much for the product or spent money he would not have but for the misrepresentation.

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• 否认 — Apple

  Apple has said that it "respectfully" disagrees with the FAS's decision and plans to appeal it.

• 否认 — Apple

  Apple said it disagreed with the ruling and that it would appeal in due course

• 否认 — Apple

  After the decision was announced, Apple said in an email to Sputnik that the company respectfully disagrees with the decision and plans to appeal it.

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• Tuesday April 27, 2021 10:40 am PDT by Juli Clover

• Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has levied a $12 million fine against Apple for alleged abuse of its dominance in the mobile applications market, reports

• Apple has said that it "respectfully" disagrees with the FAS's decision and plans to appeal it.

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• 在其诉讼中，Taction公司声称苹果公司采购并反向设计了两款Kannon耳机。

• 曾开发出增强型触觉反馈系统的 Taction Technology 近日起诉苹果公司，指控后者的 Taptic Engine 侵犯了其拥有的两项专利。

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• 这份长达13页的文件被列为“集体诉讼”，控诉内容是苹果公司在对iPhone的防水性能的描述。

• 被列为"集体诉讼申诉"，安托瓦内特·史密斯（Antoinette Smith）被列为原告，"代表所有其他处于类似地位的人"，这份长达13页的文件将矛头直指苹果提及的耐水性。

• The lawsuit also says that Apple usually rejects warranty of devices whose contact indicator has turned red, despite the fact that the company advises customers to rinse iPhones that might have gotten wet from liquids like juice or coffee, but in a way that could cause the indicator to turn red and thus allow them to reject the warranty.

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• Hackers have gained access to confidential plans of Apple’s upcoming product after breaching into one of Apple’s popular parts suppliers.

• Taiwanese company Quanta that is known to assemble Apple’s laptops was attacked by the Sodin group, which is notorious for running ransomware called REvil

• They’ve extended their demands to Apple now, asking that Apple, if it wishes to, can buy back the data before May 1.

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• The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) said the initial investigation will look at whether the company is of "paramount significance across markets".

• Apple is under investigation by the German competition watchdog.

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• According to the lawsuit, it points out eight different patents that they own that are related to limiting background noise.

• Jawbone is claiming in a lawsuit that they have filed against the Cupertino company.

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• Former wearable tech start-up Jawbone has filed two patent infringement suits against Google and Apple, claiming it is entitled to royalties for its noise-cancelling technology.

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• Ivan Zhdanov, a Navalny ally based abroad, said today the removal amounted to political censorship

• Apple and Google have come under fire for political meddling after they both removed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores under pressure from the Kremlin.