Why some iPhone users have dragged Apple and Amazon to court over iPhone, iPad prices in the US

Apple and Amazon.com must face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in US court accusing them of conspiring to artificially inflate the price of iPhones and iPads sold on Amazon’s platform, a federal judge in Seattle ruled as per a report in news agency Reuters. The US District Judge John Coughenour reportedly rejected bids from Apple and Amazon to dismiss the prospective class action on various legal grounds.

Coughenour said the “validity” of the relevant market, a central issue in antitrust litigation, was a question for a jury. The ruling means the case will move forward to evidence-gathering and other pretrial proceedings.

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