Patent fight could stop Apple iPhone 6 sales in China
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.
The phones infringe a design patent held by Chinese device maker Shenzhen Baili, a Beijing intellectual property office ruled, according to a notice posted Thursday.
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.
"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.
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