{"id":223324,"date":"2016-06-18T06:27:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T06:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=223324"},"modified":"2016-06-18T06:27:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T06:27:44","slug":"china-rules-against-apple-over-iphone-patent-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/china-rules-against-apple-over-iphone-patent-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"China rules against Apple over iPhone patent claim"},"content":{"rendered":"
Beijing’s Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a Chinese handset maker.<\/p>\n
The iPhone 6 and 6S models are similar to Shenzhen Baili’s little-known 100C phone, the authority ruled.<\/p>\n
In theory, this could lead to iPhone sales being halted in Beijing but sales continue as Apple has appealed to a higher court.<\/p>\n
The tech giant said the handset is still available throughout China.<\/p>\n
“iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus as well as iPhone 6s, iPhone 6S Plus and iPhone SE models are all available for sale today in China. We appealed an administrative order from a regional patent tribunal in Beijing last month and as a result the order has been stayed pending review by the Beijing IP Court,” the firm said.<\/p>\n
Analyst Ben Wood, from CCS Insight, told the BBC he was confident that Apple would resolve the situation.<\/p>\n
“Large companies will always be reluctant to settle if they feel they don’t have a case to answer, but the Chinese market is so strategic to Apple that if they have to settle, they will,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n
“This is a constant challenge for all large tech firms.<\/p>\n
“Typically these sorts of legal spats are a game of brinkmanship.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n
Beijing’s Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a Chinese handset maker. The iPhone 6 and 6S models are similar to Shenzhen Baili’s little-known 100C phone, the authority ruled. In theory, this could lead to iPhone sales being halted in Beijing but sales continue as Apple has appealed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":223326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n