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Apple has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider a previous ruling in its fight against Epic Games<\/a> that would change the rules of the App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a cert petition, filed Thursday and embedded below, Apple criticized a prior decision that would force it to allow app developers to point their users toward alternative payment options beyond the App Store. That injunction remains in limbo<\/a> as Epic and Apple seek to elevate their ongoing battle to the high court, but would go into effect if the Supreme Court declines to take on the case.<\/p>\n Apple called the ruling that would force it to allow payment workarounds in its app marketplace \u201cbreathtakingly broad\u201d because it would apply not just to Epic Games but to all app makers.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this single-plaintiff case, the district court sua sponte<\/em> issued a universal injunction prohibiting petitioner Apple Inc. from enforcing one of its contractual guidelines against all developers of apps on the App Store\u2019s United States storefront \u2014 of which there are millions \u2014 not just against respondent Epic Games, Inc,\u201d the company wrote in the new petition obtained by TechCrunch.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Ninth Circuit affirmed on the ground that extending injunctive relief to some nonparties\u2014approximately 100 other app developers\u2014was necessary to redress Epic\u2019s alleged injury. Neither court ever found, or even considered, whether relief as to all affected nonparties was necessary or appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n Epic filed its own petition to the Supreme Court<\/a> on Wednesday, asking the high court to revisit its core allegation \u2013 that Apple violates federal antitrust laws with its lucrative App Store business. While the lower courts did side with Epic on the matter of promoting external payment options, the lion\u2019s share of the ruling came down in Apple\u2019s favor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n