05:13 AM EDT, 04/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) denied Epic Games' latest accusations that it violated a court's injunction against certain Apple Store guidelines in an attempt to hold the iPhone maker in contempt, Reuters reported over the weekend, citing a court filing.

The Fortnite developer sued the iPhone maker in 2020 over its tight controls over how consumers download and pay for digital goods, allegedly in violations of antitrust laws, according to Reuters.

A US district court judge ordered Apple ( AAPL ) to grant greater freedom to developers, particularly allowing them to direct users to alternative payment options, Reuters reported.

Epic considers Apple's ( AAPL ) imposition of a 27% fee on developers for some purchases as violative of the injunction, Reuters said.

Epic wanted to make Apple's ( AAPL ) "tools and technologies available to developers for free," Apple ( AAPL ) was quoted as saying in the filing.

Apple ( AAPL ) and Epic did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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