Apple To Pull Some iPhones From German Stores After Qualcomm Enforces Ban (reuters.com) 23
Qualcomm is enforcing a court order banning the sale of some iPhones in Germany that violate its patents on power-saving technology. As a result, Apple is likely going to pull some iPhone models from its German stores. Reuters reports: The chipmaker posted the [security] bonds of 1.34 billion euros ($1.52 billion) as part of a legal requirement by a German court, which found on Dec. 20 that Apple had infringed Qualcomm patents on power-saving technology used in smartphones. The iPhone maker had earlier said it would pull iPhone 7 and 8 models from its 15 stores in Germany when the order came into force. The order took effect when Qualcomm posted the bond. According to the court order, Apple has to stop the sale, offer for sale and importation for sale of all infringing iPhones in Germany. Apple had said it was appealing the decision. The court also ordered Apple to recall the affected iPhones from third-party resellers in Germany, according to a statement by Qualcomm.
haha, cunts... (Score:1)
qualcom and apple are as evil as one another, i hope they keep hurting each other.
Re: (Score:2, Informative)
Not in this case. This is Apple agreeing to pay Qualcomm to license a patent (because Apple's version of the same technology is laughingly terrible, as Signal-gate shows), and then refusing to pay Qualcomm when the bill came due.
This is 100% on Apple. They agreed to pay Qualcomm, and then went back on their word.
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the agreement said that apple would pay a license fee to qualcomm and then qualcomm would rebate some of that money back to apple. both parties adhered to that until south korea subpoena'd apple for information on qualcomm's licensing practices during an investigation into qualcomm's licensing terms. apple cooperated and qualcomm responded by cutting off the rebates they were paying to apple. apple then stopped paying the license fee in response to qualcomm no longer paying the rebate.
Recall? (Score:2)
They're going on sale in the neighboring countries.
Fuck Software Patents (Score:2)
Who has two middle fingers and hates software patents? *gives the double-bird*
THIS guy!
apple (Score:1)
superb (Score:1)