German reseller defies court ban, still selling iPhone 7, iPhone 8 in stores and online

Yesterday, Qualcomm posted the $1.52 billion bond required by a German court in order to start enforcing an importation and sales ban against the Apple iPhone 7, Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Apple iPhone 8 and Apple iPhone 8 Plus in the country. The bond is posted in case Apple wins on appeal, which would reverse the ban and make Qualcomm responsible for any iPhone sales Apple misses out on due to the court's ruling. The court issued the ban after deciding that Apple had infringed on a Qualcomm patent for a "low-voltage power-efficient envelope tracker." The latter is used to conserve battery life ...

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