Apple is continuing its long-running legal battle with Epic Games over App Store commissions by asking the U.S.Supreme Court to review recent lower court decisions.In its latest filing, Apple argues that the injunction issued in the Epic Games case should not be broadly applied to all developers on the U.S.App Store.

The company claims that the original dispute was specific to Epic and should not automatically impact other major developers such as Microsoft or Spotify, who were not part of the lawsuit.

The dispute stems from a court order requiring Apple to allow app developers to include links directing users to external payment systems outside the App Store.While Apple complied by allowing such links, it introduced a 27% fee on purchases made through these external pathways.A U.S.appeals court later issued a civil contempt order, concluding that Apple’s fees undermined the intent of the injunction, which was designed to promote competition in payment processing options.

Apple’s Supreme Court petition challenges both the scope of the injunction and the contempt ruling, arguing that the original order did not explicitly prohibit fees on external purchases.

According to Apple, the court should not punish it for violating the “spirit” of an injunction when the written order lacked specific language restricting such commissions.Epic Games, meanwhile, has criticized Apple’s move as an attempt to delay final resolution of the case and preserve its App Store revenue model.The legal conflict, which began in 2020, has now stretched over five years and remains unresolved.Recently, the Supreme Court declined Apple’s request to pause further proceedings.

At the same time, Epic announced that Fortnite has returned to the App Store in most regions, signaling confidence in a favorable outcome for its position on payment competition.The case continues to be a major legal test for how far courts can go in regulating platform fees and app store policies in the mobile ecosystem.