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File 2:24-cv-04055 Document 1 Filed 03/21/24 Page 1 of 88 PageID: 1 PHILIP R. SELLINGER United States Attorney By: J. ANDREW RUYMAN Assistant United States Attorney 402 East State Street, Room 430 Trenton, NJ 08608 Telephone: 609-989-0563 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division 450 Fifth Street NW, Suite 8600 Washington, DC 20530 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 124 Halsey Street, 5th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 STATE OF ARIZONA 2005 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, California 94102 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 400 6th Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20001 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY STATE OF CONNECTICUT 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 STATE OF MAINE 6 Station State House JONATHAN S. KANTER Deputy Attorney General DOHA G. MEKKI 1 Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General HETAL J. DOSHI MICHAEL B. KADES Deputy Deputy Attorney General By: JONATHAN LASKEN Deputy Chief, Civilian Conduct Task Force United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division 450 Fifth Street Northwest, Suite 8600 Washington, DC 20530 Phone: 202-598-6517 No.
File 2:24-cv-04055 Document 1 Filed 03/21/24 Page 2 of 88 PageID: 2 Augusta, ME 04333 STATE OF MICHIGAN 525 W Ottawa Street Lansing, MI 48933 STATE OF MINNESOTA 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 Saint Paul, MN 55101 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301 NEW YORK STATE 28 Liberty Street New York, New York 10005 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 1720 Burlington Drive, Suite C Bismarck, ND 58504 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 15 West 6th Street, Suite 1000 Tulsa, OK 74119 STATE OF OREGON 100 SW Market Street Portland, OR 97201 STATE OF TENNESSEE PO Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 STATE OF VERMONT 109 State Street Montpelier, Vermont 05609 STATE OF WISCONSIN PO Box 7857 Madison, Wisconsin 53707 v. The plaintiffs, 2
File 2:24-cv-04055 Document 1 Filed 03/21/24 Page 3 of 88 PageID: 3 APPLE INC. One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 Respondent. COMPLAINT In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. The ad began with a woman using her iPhone to purchase and read books on the Kindle app. She then switches to an Android smartphone and continues reading her books using the same Kindle app. The executive wrote to Jobs: A "can't-miss message is that it's easy to switch from iPhone to Android. It's not fun to watch." Jobs was clear in his response: Apple would “force” developers to use its payment system to lock both developers and users into its platform. Over the years, Apple has repeatedly responded to competitive threats like this by making it harder or more expensive for its...
File 2:24-cv-04055 Document 1 Filed 03/21/24 Page 1 of 88 PageID: 1 PHILIP R. SELLINGER United States Attorney By: J. ANDREW RUYMAN Assistant United States Attorney 402 East State Street, Room 430 Trenton, NJ 08608 Telephone: 609-989-0563 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division 450 Fifth Street NW, Suite 8600 Washington, DC 20530 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 124 Halsey Street, 5th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 STATE OF ARIZONA 2005 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, California 94102 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 400 6th Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20001 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY STATE OF CONNECTICUT 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 STATE OF MAINE 6 Station State House JONATHAN S. KANTER Deputy Attorney General DOHA G. MEKKI 1 Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General HETAL J. DOSHI MICHAEL B. KADES Deputy Deputy Attorney General By: JONATHAN LASKEN Deputy Chief, Civilian Conduct Task Force United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division 450 Fifth Street Northwest, Suite 8600 Washington, DC 20530 Phone: 202-598-6517 No.
File 2:24-cv-04055 Document 1 Filed 03/21/24 Page 2 of 88 PageID: 2 Augusta, ME 04333 STATE OF MICHIGAN 525 W Ottawa Street Lansing, MI 48933 STATE OF MINNESOTA 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 Saint Paul, MN 55101 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301 NEW YORK STATE 28 Liberty Street New York, New York 10005 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 1720 Burlington Drive, Suite C Bismarck, ND 58504 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 15 West 6th Street, Suite 1000 Tulsa, OK 74119 STATE OF OREGON 100 SW Market Street Portland, OR 97201 STATE OF TENNESSEE PO Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 STATE OF VERMONT 109 State Street Montpelier, Vermont 05609 STATE OF WISCONSIN PO Box 7857 Madison, Wisconsin 53707 v. The plaintiffs, 2
File 2:24-cv-04055 Document 1 Filed 03/21/24 Page 3 of 88 PageID: 3 APPLE INC. One Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA 95014 Respondent. COMPLAINT In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. The ad began with a woman using her iPhone to purchase and read books on the Kindle app. She then switches to an Android smartphone and continues reading her books using the same Kindle app. The executive wrote to Jobs: A "can't-miss message is that it's easy to switch from iPhone to Android. It's not fun to watch." Jobs was clear in his response: Apple would “force” developers to use its payment system to lock both developers and users into its platform. Over the years, Apple has repeatedly responded to competitive threats like this by making it harder or more expensive for its...
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