Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 EPIC GAMES, INC., Case No. 4:20-cv-05640-YGR

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT

v. ON THE PLEADINGS

APPLE INC., Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 113

APPLE INC., Counterclaimant, 11 v.

EPIC GAMES, INC., Counter-Defendant.

15 On November 10, 2020, the Court heard oral argument on plaintiff and counter-defendant Epic Games, Inc.’s (“Epic Games”) motion for judgment on the pleadings, which was fully briefed. (Dkt. Nos. 113, 129, 135.) For the reasons stated on the record, and confirmed herein, having carefully considered the briefing and arguments submitted in this matter, the Court GRANTS Epic Games’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. See JRS Products, Inc. v. Matsushita Electr. Corp. of Am., 115 Cal.App.4th 168, 183 (2004) (“[W]rongful or not, the termination [of the contract] is not ‘independent’ of [defendant’s] interference with [plaintiff’s] interest. . . . [A] breach of contract claim…