Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), is accused by the Qualcomm company of having defied the ban on selling certain iPhone models in Germany after losing the right to sell them in court. Now Qualcomm is asking the authorities to fine the Apple company because it intentionally defied the court ruling on the basis of which the sales of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 were banned in Germany.
Qualcomm refers to the fact that Apple mentioned in a press release that although it removed iPhones from sale in stores, its partners did not. In the meantime, Apple withdrew its claims regarding the availability of the iPhone in its partners' stores, but Qualcomm still wants the Americans to receive fines for defying the court order.
Apple could be fined for defying the decision to ban iPhone sales
Qualcomm demands "significant" fines to be imposed against Apple following this apparent breach, but does not provide details on the exact amounts. Despite this, in January Qualcomm filed a bail of 1.6 billion dollars to support the ban on iPhone sales in Germany, and if it loses, part of the amount will be given to Apple to cover the lost sales.
Qualcomm Inc. is escalating its patent fight with Apple Inc. by asking a Munich court to fine the company for insufficient compliance with a ban on the sale of iPhones in Germany obtained days before Christmas. [Apple iPhone sales] intentionally defy the court order. They obviously don't consider themselves bound by the injunction. Significant fines must be imposed to put a check on that.
Now if it seems to you that Apple is unfairly accused, it is good to know that in China it acted even worse, there completely defying the decisions of the judges, without removing its phones from the stores, also in a dispute with Qualcomm, also in 2019. Apple probably took a calculated risk, and decided to bear the fines because iPhone sales will cover any sums that could be imposed by the authorities for defying court orders.
