9th Circuit Denies SaurikIT Rehearing of Its Antitrust Appeal vs. App Store

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied SaurikIT’s Jan. 18 petitions for rehearing and rehearing en banc of the panel’s rejection of its appeal to reverse the district court’s dismissal of its App Store antitrust challenge (see 2401190065), said the court’s order Wednesday (docket 22-16527). A 2-1 majority of the panel of Circuit Judges Lucy Koh, Holly Thomas and Roopali Desai voted to deny rehearing, with Desai dissenting, and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc, said the order. SaurikIT alleged that Apple violated the antitrust laws by mandating, in 2008, that the App Store be the exclusive marketplace for iPhone and iPad apps and, in 2009, by requiring Apple's in-app purchase system, it said.