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MUNICH\/SAN FRANCISCO: Chip supplier Qualcomm<\/a> Inc won a second court skirmish in its worldwide patent battle with Apple Inc on Thursday, with the iPhone maker saying it would pull some older models from its German stores.
Qualcomm's win in Germany comes weeks after it secured a court order in China to ban sales of some iPhone models in that country. Apple, which is appealing both rulings, has kept all of its iPhones on sale in China but made changes to its iOS operating system in the wake of the Chinese order.
The German victory may affect only a few million iPhones out of the hundreds of millions that Apple sells each year, but it is a high-profile part of a larger legal battle that will spin into overdrive in the coming months, with antitrust regulators and Apple both taking Qualcomm to court in the United States.
Apple alleges that Qualcomm engaged in illegal behavior to preserve a monopoly on modem chips, which help mobile devices<\/a> connect to wireless data networks. Qualcomm has in turn accused Apple of using vast stable of technology innovations without proper compensation. On Thursday, Apple said it would pull older iPhones from its German stores after a court there ruled that Apple infringed a hardware patent of Qualcomm Inc and banned sales of iPhones there with chips from Apple supplier Qorvo Inc.
Qualcomm needs to post a bond of 668.4 million euros, or $765 million, before it can begin proceedings to enforce the order, a move that could take several days due to holiday-related court closures next week. Apple said it was appealing the decision, but the order goes into effect as soon as Qualcomm posts the bond.
Shares of Apple were down 0.6 percent at $159.89 in midday trading. Qualcomm shares were up 1 percent at 57.22.
Apple said it would pull some phones from its stores while it pursued an appeal.
\"We are of course disappointed by this verdict and we plan to appeal,\" Apple said in a statement. \"All iPhone models remain available to customers through carriers and resellers in 4,300 locations across Germany. During the appeal process, iPhone 7<\/a> and iPhone 8<\/a> models will not be available at Apple's 15 retail stores in Germany. iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR will remain available in all our stores.\"
Stacy Rasgon, an analyst with research firm Bernstein, said in a note that Germnany was a small iPhone market for Apple, selling about 10 million units a year, with possibly only half of those being the older models affected by the court's order.
If Qualcomm posts the bond to enforce the order, it could seek to extend the ban to Apple's resellers and the newer iPhone models not included thus far, legal experts said.
The case is part of a broader court conflict between the two, in which Apple has alleged that Qualcomm engaged in anticompetitive business practices to protect a monopoly on so-called modem chips, which help mobile phones connect to wireless data networks. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has also sued Qualcomm over its business practices in a case set to go to trial in California next month.
Qualcomm has alleged in courts around the world that Apple violated its patents and has sought bans on iPhone sales in the United States and China.
The German case is Qualcomm's third major effort to secure a ban on Apple's lucrative iPhones over patent infringement allegations after similar efforts in the United States and China.
In Germany, Qualcomm is seeking a ban on some iPhones with chips from Intel<\/a> Corp. The judge ruled that phones that contain a chip from Apple supplier Qorvo Inc violated one of Qualcomm's patents around so-called envelope tracking, a feature that helps mobile phones save battery power while sending and receiving wireless signals.
\"Competition authorities around the world have repeatedly found Qualcomm's licensing practices unlawful, yet Qualcomm continues to try to achieve the same results through a campaign of patent lawsuits. These lawsuits have been largely unsuccessful, and at best would reduce innovation and raise prices,\" Steven Rodgers, Intel's general counsel, said in a statement.
Mike Baker, Qorvo's chief intellectual property counsel, said in a statement that U.S. trade regulators had ruled that Qorvo's chips did not violate the U.S. version of Qualcomm's patent and that the chip's inventor wasn't allowed to testify at the German hearing.
\"We believe our envelope tracking chip does not infringe the patent in suit, and the court would have come to a different conclusion if it had considered all the evidence,\" Baker said.
Qualcomm was not immediately available for comment.
Qualcomm sued Apple in the regional court in Munich in July last year, seeking an injunction to halt some iPhone sales in Germany as well as monetary damages.
U.S. regulators found Apple infringed one Qualcomm patent but have so far recommended against banning some iPhone sales, but a Chinese court issued a sales ban on some iPhones earlier this month. Apple said its phones remain on sale and that it believes it has complied with the Chinese court's order, but it also made changes to its iPhone software in the wake of the ruling.
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苹果把一些iphone在德国作为高通扩展全球获胜
芯片供应商高通(qcom . o:行情)赢得了第二法院在其全球专利冲突与苹果(aapl . o:行情)周四,与iPhone制造商表示将把一些老模型从德国商店。
慕尼黑/旧金山:芯片供应商高通公司赢得了第二法院在其全球专利冲突与苹果(aapl . o:行情)周四,与iPhone制造商表示将把一些老模型从德国商店。
高通的胜利在德国几周前在中国获得了法院命令禁止销售的iPhone模型在那个国家。苹果,这是吸引人的判决,使所有的iphone在中国销售,但改变其iOS操作系统后,中国订单。
德国胜利可能影响只有几百万iphone的数亿,苹果每年销售,但这是一个引人注目的法律战的一部分,将在未来几个月旋转上场了,反垄断监管机构和苹果均在美国高通公司告上法庭。
苹果称,高通从事非法行为,维护垄断在调制解调器芯片帮助移动设备连接到无线数据网络。高通反过来指责苹果利用庞大稳定的技术创新没有适当的赔偿。周四,苹果公司表示,它将把旧iphone从德国商店后,法院裁定,苹果侵犯了有五金高通公司的专利,并禁止销售的iphone Qorvo公司与苹果的芯片供应商。
高通需要发布一个6.684亿欧元的债券,或7.65亿美元,才能开始程序执行的顺序,此举可能需要几天由于节日相关法院下周闭包。苹果说,这是吸引人的决定,但是订单尽快生效高通帖子债券。
苹果股价在盘中跌0.6%,报159.89美元。高通股价收高1%,报57.22日圆。
苹果公司表示,它将把一些手机从商店虽然追求上诉。
“我们当然是失望的判决,我们计划上诉,”苹果公司在一份声明中说。“所有iPhone模型仍然通过运营商和经销商提供给客户的4300个地点在德国。在上诉过程中,iPhone 7和iPhone 8模型将不会在苹果的15个零售商店在德国。iPhone XS, iPhone XS马克斯和iPhone XR仍将提供我们所有的商店。”
史黛西罗根,伯恩斯坦研究公司的分析师在一份报告中表示,Germnany苹果iPhone是一个小市场,一年销售约1000万辆,其中可能只有一半的老款受到法庭的秩序。
如果高通帖子债券执行订单,可以寻求禁令扩展到苹果的经销商和新的iPhone模型不包括到目前为止,法律专家说。
案件的一部分法院之间的冲突,在苹果公司声称,高通从事反竞争的商业行为,以保护垄断所谓调制解调器芯片,帮助手机连接无线数据网络。美国联邦贸易委员会(Federal Trade Commission)也高通公司的商业行为对其进行了起诉的案件将在下个月在加州去审判。
高通涉嫌在世界各地的法院,苹果侵犯了自己的专利权,寻求禁止iPhone销售在美国和中国。
德国是高通的第三个主要为了安全禁止苹果的利润丰厚的iphone在专利侵权指控后在美国和中国的类似努力。
在德国,高通正在寻求禁止一些iphone手机的芯片英特尔corp .)法官裁定,手机芯片包含从苹果供应商Qorvo公司违反了高通的专利之一所谓包络跟踪功能,帮助手机保存电池同时发送和接收无线信号。
“世界各地的竞争当局一再发现高通的许可行为违法,但高通继续试图实现相同的结果通过竞选的专利诉讼。这些诉讼都很不成功,在最好的情况下会降低创新和提高价格,”史蒂文•罗杰斯英特尔的首席法律顾问,在一份声明中说。
迈克·贝克Qorvo首席知识产权法律顾问,在一份声明中表示,美国贸易监管机构裁定Qorvo的芯片没有违反美国高通的专利和芯片的发明者不允许在德国举行的听证会上作证。
“我们相信我们的包络跟踪芯片不侵犯专利权的诉讼,法院会得出不同的结论如果考虑所有的证据,”贝克说。
高通没有立即对此事发表评论。
高通在慕尼黑地方法院起诉苹果公司去年7月,寻求禁令停止一些iPhone销售在德国以及货币损失。
美国监管机构发现苹果侵犯了高通的专利,但迄今为止,建议反对禁止一些iPhone的销售,但中国法庭本月早些时候发表一些iPhone销售禁令。苹果说它的手机仍在销售,它认为它符合中国法庭的秩序,也使改变它的iPhone软件的裁决。
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