HIGHLIGHTS
- iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus infringed patents Shenzhen Baili this.
- The decision only covers Beijing.
- Apples can be appealed, and was allowed to continue selling during the process.
Apples violating Chinese device makers design patent and may have to stop selling the new iPhone in Beijing, intellectual property authorities ruled the city, handing the US company the latest setback in a very important market.
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus infringed patents Shenzhen Baili because of the similarity to the phone 100C, the Beijing Intellectual Property Office wrote in its decision. Apple, the iconic gadget helped define modern smartphone industry, did not respond to requests for comment. The company can appeal the decision and can be allowed to continue to sell phones during the process.
While the decision only covers Beijing, in future lawsuits against Apple could take this case as a precedent, the potential to affect the outcome of litigation in other places in China. Baili is one of a number of smartphone brands are trying to cash in on the booming mobile phone country. Xu Guoxiang, the inventor of the patent and is registered as a representative in the yellow pages site Baili czvv.com, did not answer calls seeking comment.
Apple, which is expected to introduce the next generation iPhone in the fall, can try to prevent the ban on the sale by pulling in several places, including the Beijing Higher People's Court and Supreme People's Court, Bird and Bird partner and IP specialist Ted Chwu said.
"If the position upheld by the Beijing office IP and Apple is not attractive anymore, so in theory they will not be able to sell the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (review)," he said.
Decisions by the institutions that manage matters involving patents in Beijing is the latest in a series of setbacks for Apple in its biggest market after the United States. books and movies that the service is blocked in April for violating the rules of foreign publishing. In 2013, state media accused the company of poor customer service and inadequate collateral, prompting an apology from the Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook.
Last month, it lost its struggle to keep the "iPhone" exclusively for its products after a Beijing court ruled that the little-known maker of accessories can use the label for a variety of purses and handbags. And in 2012, Apple paid $ 60 million to Proview International Holdings Ltd. to resolve the dispute the rights to the iPad name in China.
Apple has relied on the world's second largest economy to maintain its growth rate, although it has begun to slow. For the three months ended March 26 revenue in Greater China, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, fell 26 percent to $ 12.5 billion. Cook has pledged to continue investing despite the economic slowdown.
iPhone 6 Infringes on Patent, Says Beijing, Orders Halt of Sales in City
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