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Title: Apple's iPhone 6 faces potential sales ban in China Post by: HCK on June 21, 2016, 04:05:16 pm Apple's iPhone 6 faces potential sales ban in China
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus face a potential sales ban in China due to a patent dispute with a little-known local company.</p><p> The phones infringe a design patent held by Chinese device maker Shenzhen Baili, a Beijing intellectual property office ruled, according to a notice (http://www.bjipo.gov.cn/zlzf/zfjggg/201605/P020160609372965002381.pdf) posted Thursday.</p><p> The office ordered Apple and its partners to halt sales of both products, though Apple has appealed and the phones are currently still on sale there.</p><p> “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,” Apple said Friday in an email. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3085530/apple-phone/apples-iphone-6-faces-potential-sales-ban-in-china.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple's iPhone 6 faces potential sales ban in China (http://www.macworld.com/article/3085530/apple-phone/apples-iphone-6-faces-potential-sales-ban-in-china.html#tk.rss_all) |