{"id":30927,"date":"2020-12-04T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T21:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=30927"},"modified":"2021-07-14T15:03:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T19:03:06","slug":"bluemail-antitrust-case-against-apple-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/04\/bluemail-antitrust-case-against-apple-dismissed\/","title":{"rendered":"BlueMail Antitrust Case Against Apple Dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/12\/01\/bluemail-antitrust-case-against-apple-dismissed\/\">Hartley Charlton<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/12\/01\/bluemail-antitrust-case-against-apple-dismissed\/\"><p>Blix Inc., developer of the email app BlueMail, then filed a lawsuit accusing Apple of manipulating search results in its iOS and macOS App Stores to suppress third-party competition and push consumers towards Apple&rsquo;s own apps. Blix also alleged that Apple copied patented messaging technology for its &ldquo;Sign In With Apple&rdquo; feature before removing BlueMail from the  App Store.<\/p><p>Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware dismissed the claims, concluding Blix had failed to offer direct or indirect evidence of Apple&rsquo;s monopoly power or anticompetitive conduct in violation of the Sherman Act.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Judge Stark said Blix&rsquo;s anticompetitive-conduct claims failed because the company itself demonstrated that the  App Store  isn&rsquo;t essential to BlueMail&rsquo;s success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/01\/epic-v-apple-hearing\/\">Epic v. Apple Hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/09\/epic-barred-from-sign-in-with-apple\/\">Epic Barred From &ldquo;Sign in With Apple&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/24\/coalition-for-app-fairness\/\">Coalition for App Fairness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/13\/bluemail-back-in-mac-app-store\/\">BlueMail Back in Mac App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/27\/bluemail-rejected-from-the-mac-app-store\/\">BlueMail Rejected From the Mac App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"bluemail-antitrust-case-against-apple-dismissed-update-2021-07-14\">Update (2021-07-14): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/07\/12\/judge-dismisses-blix-lawsuit-again\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/07\/12\/judge-dismisses-blix-lawsuit-again\/\"><p>Apple asked the judge to toss out the case, and the motion was granted, with the case being dismissed a second time on Friday. In a statement, Apple said that Blix had &ldquo;alleged false conspiracy theories and anti-competitive claims,&rdquo; and that the judge&rsquo;s decision confirms that Apple has &ldquo;consistently acted legally.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hartley Charlton: Blix Inc., developer of the email app BlueMail, then filed a lawsuit accusing Apple of manipulating search results in its iOS and macOS App Stores to suppress third-party competition and push consumers towards Apple&rsquo;s own apps. Blix also alleged that Apple copied patented messaging technology for its &ldquo;Sign In With Apple&rdquo; feature before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-12-04T21:38:04Z","apple_news_api_id":"30c7c531-fba8-4f84-8882-9fb0076dfdf8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-07-14T19:03:10Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AMMfFMfuoT4SIgp-wB239-A","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2085,1907,31,26,41,209,30,32,1823],"class_list":["post-30927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-antitrust","tag-bluemail","tag-ios","tag-iosapp","tag-lawsuit","tag-legal","tag-mac","tag-macapp","tag-sign-in-with-apple"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33138,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30927\/revisions\/33138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}