Apple has told India's competition regulator that its years-long case is built on rivals' words, "parroted verbatim." The accusation is a delay tactic dressed as a principle. The real story is bigger: the walled garden that earns Apple a fortune is under siege on five continents at once, and India is the front where the fine could run highest and the stakes cut deepest.

Apple has accused Indian antitrust investigators of merely copying rivals' claims without independent analysis in its competition law probe. The tech giant argues the findings are…

Apple has alleged that Indian regulators copy-pasted rival claims in their antitrust investigation, urging the findings to be dismissed for lack of independent analysis.