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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`EPIC GAMES, INC.,
`Plaintiff,
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`APPLE INC.,
`Defendant.
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`AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM
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`Case No. 4:20-cv-05640-YGR
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`PERMANENT INJUNCTION
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`The Court, having considered the evidence presented at the bench trial in this matter and
`consistent with its findings of fact and conclusions of law, HEREBY ORDERS as follows:
`1. Apple Inc. and its officers, agents, servants, employees, and any person in active
`concert or participation with them (“Apple”), are hereby permanently restrained and enjoined from
`prohibiting developers from (i) including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links,
`or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms, in addition to In-App
`Purchasing and (ii) communicating with customers through points of contact obtained voluntarily
`from customers through account registration within the app.
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`2. Any party may seek modification of this Order, at any time, by written motion and for
`good cause based on changed circumstances or otherwise.
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`3. The Court will retain jurisdiction over the enforcement and amendment of the
`injunction. If any part of this Order is violated by any party named herein or any other person,
`plaintiff may, by motion with notice to the attorneys for defendant, apply for sanctions or other
`relief that may be appropriate.
`4. This injunction will take effect in ninety (90) days.
`IT IS SO ORDERED.
`Dated: September 10, 2021
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`YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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