To help win an iPhone antitrust suit, Apple is again demanding commission data from Valve
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Apple says it needs business records from Valve in order to contest an ongoing consumer antitrust case about the App Store, and has turned to the courts to get it. App Store icon Game developer Valve is not involved in the antitrust case that consumers have brought against Apple. However, Apple has now filed a subpoena request asking a federal judge to compel Valve to provide data that it says is "core" to its defense. Apple is accused in a class-action suit of forcing up app prices...

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