(Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, software chief Craig Federighi and other executives were named on a provisional list of witnesses in the software giant’s case against Epic Games, a lawsuit dated March 19 showed. .
App Store Vice President Matt Fischer and Apple companion Phil Schiller were also cited in the list submitted to the United States District Court, Northern California District, Oakland Division, a copy of which was seen by Reuters .
The iPhone maker is at odds with Epic Games, creator of the popular game Fortnite, which last year tried to avoid a 30% fee that Apple charges developers on the App Store by launching its own in-app payment system. The move prompted Apple to ban Fortnite from its store.
In a separate lawsuit, Epic Games listed its founder and chief executive, Tim Sweeney, among its own witnesses in the case.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters, but told Bloomberg here in a statement that it felt “confident that the case will prove that Epic purposely violated its agreement just to increase its revenues”.
A direct message to Epic Games on one of its official Twitter identifiers did not elicit an immediate response.
Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Derek Francis in Bengaluru; edition by Jason Neely