Apple takes its app-store fight with Epic Games to court

"Fortnite" maker Epic Games and Apple began their three-week trial Monday in a courtroom battle that could have implications for the iPhone maker's business model and U.S. antitrust law.

In opening statements in a federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif., Epic depicted Apple as a monopolist that concocted a plan to lure software developers and customers into iOS, its mobile operating system, then lock them in with onerous and restrictive rules...