Apt Systems, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

APT SYSTEMS, INC., :

: Plaintiff, : CIVIL ACTION NO. 21-2121 : v. : :

APPLE, INC., :

: Defendant. :

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Smith, J. January 26, 2022 The plaintiff purchased and enhanced an app which was then made available for purchase on the defendant’s app store. Unfortunately, a third party stole the access information for this app and, inter alia, changed the account information so that any subscriber fees for the app went to a different bank account than the one that the plaintiff had set up with the defendant. Although the plaintiff raised the issue of the theft of its app with the defendant’s support services, it alleges that it was unable to get a resolution of the issue despite months of correspondence and negotiation with the defendant, in large part because the defendant seemingly would not recognize that the plaintiff owned the app. The plaintiff asserts that it lost not only the subscriber fees for the app for numerous months but future revenue once the…