Apple’s Cydia antitrust lawsuit to continue

In an antitrust lawsuit brought by third-party app store Cydia against Apple, a California federal court judge dismissed Apple’s claims that the current issues were time-barred and dismissed the case. He said he could continue.

Litigation to continue

In 2020, Cydia filed a lawsuit citing Apple’s monopolistic stance against third-party app stores. The lawsuit alleged that Cydia’s activity had to be terminated due to Apple’s illegal control of application distribution on iOS. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who led the case at that time, accepted Apple’s time-out claims and asked Cydia’s developer, Jay Freeman, to make an arrangement.

After that, Freeman, who filed a new lawsuit last January, managed to get a decision that could continue the lawsuit this time. Judge Rogers again dismissed Apple’s argument, this time, that the issues submitted by Cydia fall outside the four-year period allowed under federal antitrust law.

While there was no explanation from the parties on the matter, the judge told Apple to respond to Cydia’s complaint by mid-June.