India’s Competition Commission has been sitting on a completed antitrust investigation into Apple’s App Store since 2021. The fight this month is not over the underlying conduct but over how large a fine the regulator is allowed to calculate, a dispute paused in the Delhi High Court with no new order found since mid-July. A…
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Apple and Japan's Smartphone Act: A Compliance Report and a Fairness Complaint
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission published Apple’s second compliance report under the Mobile Software Competition Act on July 27, 2026, and on August 21, an industry coalition told the same regulator that the report shows an unwillingness to comply rather than compliance. A presenter on stage at Apple Park. Japan is also one of the first…
Apple's UK Steering Proposal: The CMA Has Had Responses for a Month, No Decision Yet
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority proposed in June 2026 to make Apple and Google let developers steer users toward payment options outside their app stores, calling it a Steering Conduct Requirement. The consultation closed seven weeks ago, the CMA published the responses it received a month ago, and its own case page still shows…
Apple's EU Interoperability Report: The Numbers Behind 102 Requests
Apple has published its own account of how the European Union’s interoperability rules are working in practice. The report covers 102 requests logged between May 9 and December 31, 2025, counts 22 of them resolved with a released solution, and records zero instances where Apple says it missed one of the regulation’s own deadlines. Apple's…
Apple's EU Gatekeeper Status: The July Ruling and This Month's Appeal Deadline
The General Court of the European Union dismissed every action Apple brought against its designation as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act on July 8, 2026. The court’s own procedural rule gives Apple two months and ten days after formal notification of that judgment to appeal to the Court of Justice, a window whose…
Apple's Other Antitrust Fights: Where the DOJ Case and the UK's CMA Stand Now
Apple’s Supreme Court appeal against Epic Games is not its only antitrust fight. The Department of Justice’s civil monopolization suit against Apple is heading toward a 2027 trial with no date yet set, and the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority has spent the past year building out a regulatory framework under a formal designation…