All the patents They are always a breeding ground for large companies to enter into serious media lawsuits that capture the attention of the media. The last great conflict is in the United Kingdom where Optis Cellular Technology has sued Apple for using technology related to connection to mobile networks whose price would amount to seven billion dollars. In fact, Apple has threatened to remove all of its UK products as a 'commercially unacceptable' sentence.
Apple's threat to disappear from the UK: illusion or reality?
The story goes back several months but the latest news comes from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. At the end of last month, Apple was notified that it had infringed two patents on Optis Cellular Technology. These patents contained technology that allowed the iPhone to connect to 3G and 4G mobile networks. This same technological dispute over patents had already been tried in the United States. But the trial ended up being thrown out because the jury was "technically tainted." Months later, Optis turned to the United Kingdom to again take legal action against Apple on the same issue.
The trial continues because Apple it had refused to pay patent licensing fees of $ 7 billion. This is because they consider it to be 'standardized technology' in their products and it does not correspond to any Optis patent. However, Apple is still in the same and does not intend to pay that amount for an infringement that they believe has not occurred.
The crudest thing about the case is that la judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom it could set a billionaire fine by covering all patent infringements around the world. And really this is what has bothered the Cupertino offices that they have threatened to disappear from the UK for a 'commercially unacceptable' sentence.
It is clear that Apple does not intend to stop selling its products in the UK. But what is clear is that a billionaire fine could be a great blow in the ranks of Cupertino. In addition, the dispute could extend to the courts of half the world.