Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Apple Sued an Independent iPhone Repair Shop Owner and Lost (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tough-luck dept.

Jason Koebler, reporting for Motherboard: Last year, Apple's lawyers sent Henrik Huseby, the owner of a small electronics repair shop in Norway, a letter demanding that he immediately stop using aftermarket iPhone screens at his repair business and that he pay the company a settlement. Norway's customs officials had seized a shipment of 63 iPhone 6 and 6S replacement screens on their way to Henrik's shop from Asia and alerted Apple; the company said they were counterfeit. Apple threatened to take action, unless Huseby provided the companies with copies of invoices, product lists, and a plethora of other things. The letter, sent by Frank Jorgensen, an attorney at the Njord law firm on behalf of Apple, included a settlement agreement that also notified him the screens would be destroyed. [...] Huseby decided to fight the case. Apple sued him. Local news outlets reported that Apple had five lawyers in the courtroom working on the case, but Huseby won. Apple has appealed the decision to a higher court; the court has not yet decided whether to accept the appeal.

2 of 139 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Counterfeit screen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, if you go to Wal-mart, in their furniture section, they have these cardboard televisions and lamps they use in lieu of the real stuff.

    Now just imagine if somebody sold you one of those.

    That's the problem here. Those screens were made of cardboard. CARDBOARD! And Norway let it happen.

  2. Re:Counterfeit screen? by sinij · · Score: 3, Funny

    This absolutely should not be a consideration, almost everything these days has microcode and there is no way for a repair shop to determine what it is. Apple also can't be trusted on this, as they will obviously claim that anything they didn't make is in violation. This is clearly an issue with Apple, that manufactures in China, and Chinese knock-offs or unauthorized production runs. With Apple unwilling/unable to resolve this problem in China, it shouldn't be possible for them to attempt to resolve it by going after repair shops.

    I didn't say I agree with it. I am just the messenger. Don't shoot me.

    Please, we live in the age of unrestrained and unchecked outrage, the entire thing is your fault, you monster!