DOJ States Apple's Changes to In-App Purchases Were Targeted Towards Amazon

The Department of Justice recently revised their proposal to punish Apple for iBook antitrust violations, alleging that the Cupertino California company lied to the government about the manner in which the App Store operates and that changes to rules governing in-app purchases were designed to cripple Amazon’s competitive Kindle app. Notably, the new proposal cuts the injunction period from ten years to five years, while granting the government the ability to extend the injunction up to five times in one year increments, terms similar to the agreement the DOJ reached with Microsoft in their famous antitrust battle.




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