Apple's 11 directors gearing up for a courtroom showdown with Epic: Cook, Federighi, Forstall, Schiller

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Ngày cập nhật gần nhất: 1/5/2026

Anticipatedly, Apple is set to bring 11 top executives and their former directors to testify in front of the Northern California court. The testimonies of these high-ranking directors before the jury and judge are expected to contribute to the U.S. court's conclusions, potentially leading to a complete transformation in how Apple manages and profits from the App Store. In the list of witnesses submitted by Apple to the judge last Friday, they mentioned the names of 11 directors and former high-ranking directors for the jury and lawyers to take oaths directly in the court.

Among the notable figures in this list are the top executives of Apple: CEO Tim Cook, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi, former Marketing Director Phil Schiller, Vice President in charge of the App Store Matt Fischer, Director of Commerce and Payments Eric Grey, Game Development Manager Mark Grimm, Technical Services Development Director C.K. Haun, Senior Marketing Director Trystan Kosmynka, Director of Partner and International Relations Shaan Pruden, Head of Interactive Entertainment Michael Schmid, and Algorithm and Risk Department Head Eric Friedman. However, the most noteworthy in this lineup is perhaps Scott Forstall, the former Senior Vice President of iOS Software at Apple from 2007 to 2012, who came close to becoming the next CEO after Steve Jobs.

Apple has issued an official statement to MacRumors: “Our senior executives look forward to sharing with the court the extremely positive impacts that the App Store has had on creative content and the global economy, as well as customer experiences over the past 12 years. We are confident that the court will see that Epic Games deliberately violated app distribution regulations for the sole purpose of profit, leading to the removal of their game from the App Store. With such behavior, Epic has circumvented the App Store's security measures, affecting the competitive environment, and jeopardizing user data and privacy.”

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