The ruling is not final as Apple can appeal to a higher court.
This falls in line with Microsoft's plans to work with Qualcomm on bringing the full Windows 10 on ARM processors, which the former had announced in late 2016.
A German court ruled on Thursday that iPhone maker Apple Inc infringed a hardware patent of Qualcomm Inc and said the US company could no longer sell some iPhone models in Germany which contain a particular component.
The ruling is not final as Apple can appeal to a higher court, judge Matthias Zigann told the court.
The German case is Qualcomm’s third major effort to secure a ban on Apple’s lucrative iPhones over patent infringement allegations after similar court efforts in the United States and in China, one of which resulted in Chinese court ordering a ban on sales of some iPhones there earlier this month.
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( Source : reuters )
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