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- Apple loses bid to dismiss US smartphone monopoly case</p>
<p>Jody GodoyJune 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM</p>
<p>By Jody Godoy</p>
<p>(Reuters) -Apple must face the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit accusing the iPhone maker of unlawfully dominating the U.S. smartphone market, a judge ruled on Monday.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, denied Apple's motion to dismiss the lawsuit accusing the company of using restrictions on third-party app and device developers to keep users from switching to competitors and unlawfully dominate the market.</p>
<p>The decision allows the case to go forward in what could be a years-long fight for Apple against enforcers' attempt to lower what they say are barriers to competition with Apple's iPhone.</p>
<p>An Apple spokesperson said the company believes the lawsuit is wrong on the facts and the law, and will continue to vigorously fight it in court.</p>
<p>A spokesperson for the DOJ declined to comment.</p>
<p>Sales of the world's most popular smartphone totaled $201 billion in 2024. Apple introduced a new budget model iPhone in February with enhanced features priced at $170 more than its predecessor.</p>
<p>The lawsuit filed in March 2024 focuses on Apple's restrictions and fees on app developers, and technical roadblocks to third-party devices and services -- such as smart watches, digital wallets and messaging services -- that would compete with its own.</p>
<p>DOJ, along with several states and Washington, D.C., says the practices destroy competition and Apple should be blocked from continuing them.</p>
<p>Apple had argued that its limitations on third-party developers' access to its technology were reasonable, and that forcing it to share technology with competitors would chill innovation.</p>
<p>The case is one of a series of U.S. antitrust cases against Big Tech companies brought during the Biden and first Trump administrations.</p>
<p>Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Amazon.com are facing lawsuits by antitrust enforcers alleging they illegally maintain monopolies, and Alphabet's is facing two such lawsuits.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Jody Godoy; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Franklin Paul)</p>
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