Apple was granted a delay immediately to its deadline to make modifications to the App Retailer following the large antitrust lawsuit with Epic Video games that was settled earlier this yr. Now it’ll not must make these modifications by December 9, and it’s unclear in the mean time if it must make them in any respect.

The Apple vs Epic case was settled with a ruling from Decide Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers earlier this yr. The lengthy and wanting the choice is that Apple should permit third-party fee choices on the App Retailer, and should make the mandatory modifications by December 9 of this yr. As one may think, Apple was not proud of this end result and requested Decide Rogers for a delay. Decide Rogers denied it. Apple has additionally appealed her ruling. Now, just some hours earlier than the brand new fee choices would have needed to go reside within the App Retailer, Apple has gotten a reprieve.

The Ninth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals dominated on the delay. It mentioned that Apple won’t must make the modifications to the App Retailer till after the attraction is settled. “Apple has additionally made a enough displaying of irreparable hurt,” reads the choice. “Subsequently, we grant Apple’s movement to remain half (i) of paragraph (1) of the everlasting injunction. The keep will stay in impact till the mandate points on this attraction.”

Relying on how lengthy the attraction takes, it might be months and even years earlier than Apple has to make modifications to the App Retailer — if it does in any respect.  The courtroom’s choice implies that it could be open to overturning the unique ruling: “Apple has demonstrated, at minimal, that its attraction raises critical questions on the deserves of the district courtroom’s dedication that Epic Video games, Inc. failed to point out Apple’s conduct violated any antitrust legal guidelines however did present that the identical conduct violated California’s Unfair Competitors Regulation.”