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Apple To Pull Some iPhones In Germany Following Ruling In Qualcomm Patent Case (cnbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cease-and-desist dept.

"Qualcomm was granted a second injunction against Apple on Thursday, banning it from selling some iPhone models in Germany that use chips from Intel and parts from another supplier, Qorvo," reports CNBC. This is the second major win for Qualcomm against Apple after a Chinese court granted an injunction against Apple for an alleged patent violation on Dec. 10." From the report: In a statement, Apple said it plans to appeal the ruling. Under this condition, Judge Matthias Zigann told the court earlier Thursday, the ruling would not go into immediate effect. However, Apple said that throughout the appeal process, iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models will not be sold in its 15 retail stores in Germany. Its newest models, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, will still be sold in those stores, Apple said in the statement. All iPhone models will still be sold through carriers and other third-party retailers in Germany, Apple said. But Qualcomm said in a press release that the injunction will be in effect as soon as it posts the required bonds. It said it would complete the process "within a few days."

18 comments

  1. Great news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Pull these illegal devices from all countries.

    1. Re:Great news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Better news would be to see Qualcomm in Chapter 7.

  2. Works well for Apple... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    People can only buy the new expensive models, not the reasonably priced old ones.

    1. Re: Works well for Apple... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I wish every lawyer had to play Pokémon or Magic: The Gathering as part of their education.

  3. Oh no by 110010001000 · · Score: 0

    Germany will fall behind in iPhone technology. What will they do?

    1. Re:Oh no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That damned Vienna treaty again.

    2. Re:Oh no by bug_hunter · · Score: 2

      I know your comment was meant as a joke, but this actually gives Apple the ability to only sell their most expensive newest iPhones "iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, will still be sold in those stores".
      So Germany is specifically going to be more on the frontier of iPhone technology, assuming anybody wants to pay that much for a phone these days.

      Disclaimer: I really like Apple products, but now more than ever, their prices can't be justified.

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      It's turtles all the way down.
    3. Re:Oh no by AHuxley · · Score: 1

      A German gov treaty with French engineers to design a new EU approved phone.
      Stylish timeless French flip phone design.
      Using Italian electronics to spread new technology jobs around the EU.
      New German crypto and web site filter software. Ready for the needs of the BND, BfV and BKA.

      A fashionable flip phone designed by EU committee that creates opportunities around the EU.
      With headphone jack and no notch.
      The color range is EU gov approved gray and beige.

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      Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
    4. Re:Oh no by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 1

      FTF:
      The color range is EU gov approved gra^Hey and beige.

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      Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
  4. Re: You'd think Apple would just pay their damned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Apple owes Qualcomm nothing. Qualcomm would steal your wife and children if they werenâ(TM)t nailed down

  5. Re:You'd think Apple would just pay their damned b by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Most of what you just blathered was nonsense. Qualcomm is a patent whore, they didn't innovate anything anyone else couldn't do you fuckwit. Anyone who partners with them regrets it. Pull your head out, moron.

    Just because you don't like Apple, for better or worse reasons, that does not make QC an invaluable or honest broker. Fuck yourself up a tree, nothing changes.

  6. Re:You'd think Apple would just pay their damned b by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Yeah, a single design of (now obsolete) cellular modem was a unique human achievement on part with the Manhattan Project or the Moon shot. Or you're a moron, of course, whichever is MORE true.

    Whether or not Apple violated a patent of QC, (and I'm sure there's an argument there that works better than your pathetic attempt) you still know jack shit about either party, nor the technology itself.

    Violating a patent is actually easy to do without ever "stealing" any design specifics, or even intentionally copying any. Lawyers make billions of dollars either way, but you don't know anything about that either.