Monday, January 7, 2019

Apple Pulled out iPhones from Germany

The Tech Giant, Apple was ordered to remove new iPhones from German Stores by a Munich Court. This injunction was followed after the renowned chipmaker company, Qualcomm filed a patent lawsuit against Apple for infringing its power saving technology in two of Apple’s models- iPhone 7 & iPhone 8. Soon after the injunction, Apple pulled down these models from German Stores



The Tech Giant Apple did not have a pretty good start for the year 2019 as two of company’s model iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 have been banned from sale in its retail German stores.Apple removed two models after an injunction was issued by a Munich court in relation with a patent lawsuit brought by California based chipmaker Qualcomm. This patent conflict involves smart phone power management technology that extends battery life.




Insight In to the Patent Infringement Case


The renowned chipmaker company posted around $1.5 Billion in a security obligation to effectuate a German Court decision from 20th December that levied precursory injunctions on iPhone 7 and iPhone 8.According to a report by MacRumors, Qualcomm posted security bonds to cover probable damages that Apple might experience while appealing the iPhone ban in Germany.The Munich Court supported Qualcomm after finding that Apple had infringed Qualcomm Smartphone power saving technology in two of its models, iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 on 20th December 2018. The court granted a permanent injunction to Apple & asked them to cease the sale & importation of infringed iPhones to Germany.


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