SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Thursday revived an antitrust class action against Apple Inc., rejecting the company’s argument that customers of its iPhone App Store have no standing to sue.

The case, filed in 2011 by attorneys at Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, alleges that Apple has maintained an illegal monopoly over the sale of apps on its signature device. Apple takes a 30 percent cut of all proceeds from iPhone applications sold through its App Store.

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