UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EPIC GAMES, INC., No. 21-16506 Plaintiff-counter- defendant-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:20-cv-05640- v. YGR APPLE, INC., Defendant-counter- OPINION claimant- Appellee.

EPIC GAMES, INC., No. 21-16695 Plaintiff-counter- defendant-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:20-cv-05640- v. YGR APPLE, INC., Defendant-counter- claimant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 14, 2022 San Francisco, California 2 EPIC GAMES, INC. V. APPLE, INC.

Filed April 24, 2023

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL J. MCSHANE, * District Judge.