UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LUISA BAKAY, et al., Case No. 24-cv-00476-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS
APPLE INC.,
13 Defendant.
I. INTRODUCTION This is an antitrust putative class action against Apple, Inc (“Apple”), a technology company that designs and manufactures a variety of technology products including, as is pertinent here, the iPhone. Plaintiffs are Luisa Bakay, Elisa Jones, and Leticia Shaw, direct purchasers of the iPhone who reside in California or Illinois (“Plaintiffs”). Plaintiffs bring a class action complaint averring that Apple engages in anticompetitive conduct through agreements with browsers that prevent third-party apps from entering the market. Apple moves to dismiss based on four grounds: Plaintiffs lack Article III and antitrust standing to bring this suit; Plaintiffs have failed to plead a violation of Section 1 or Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1,…