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Apple Faces Chinese Developer’s Lawsuit in Echo of Fortnite Case
- Beijing court agreed to hear complaint about Apple’s practices
- Apple is coming under pressure in its biggest overseas market
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A Chinese court has agreed to hear a lawsuit filed by a local developer against Apple Inc.’s app store practices, only the second time the iPhone maker has had to defend its decade-old model in the world’s biggest mobile arena.
Beijing’s intellectual property court has accepted a complaint filed by the company behind the Bodyreader app, which Apple removed from the iPhone store in 2020, according to a filing seen by Bloomberg News. Beijing Bodyreader Technology Ltd. is now seeking about $420,000 in damages and challenging Apple’s assertion that its app, which helps children correct their posture, engaged in “dishonest” behavior.