Apple and Epic Games have jointly requested the court to temporarily postpone key deadlines in their ongoing App Store dispute while Apple pursues a Supreme Court stay. The move comes after the Supreme Court agreed to hear part of Apple's appeal regarding potential contempt charges for charging commissions on external link purchases. The companies filed a proposed order asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to delay the current remand proceedings.

The Supreme Court's intervention focuses on whether Apple can be held in contempt for imposing fees on purchases made through external links, even though the original injunction didn't explicitly prohibit those commissions. However, the Court declined to review whether the injunction should apply broadly to all developers or only to Epic Games. Justice Elena Kagan previously denied Apple's request to stay the appeals court's mandate pending Supreme Court review.

Under the original district court schedule, Apple was due to file implementation proposals by July 6 and related documents by July 16. The new proposed timeline pushes Apple's stay motion to July 6, with Epic responding by July 10 and Apple's reply due July 13. This delay would prevent conflicting court orders while the Supreme Court considers the case. The outcome could significantly impact how Apple structures App Store fees and developer agreements moving forward.

Both companies now await Judge Rogers' approval of the proposed schedule, which would pause the lower court proceedings while the Supreme Court weighs in on the contempt issue. This represents the latest development in a high-stakes battle over app distribution and payment processing that has already reshaped mobile software policies across the industry.