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Apple has bigger fish frying in the world of intellectual property<\/a>. But it must be a relief that an IP court in Beijing has handed the smartphone pioneers a win. On Friday, the courts overturned a May 2016 ruling that said Apple had violated design patents of a small, and now defunct, Chinese company called Shenzhen Baili.<\/p>\n The disputes were over the exterior design of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, which Shenzhen Baili claimed<\/a> were a copy of their 100C smartphones, curved corners and all. The company \u201cbarely existed\u201d<\/a> at the time it filed the suit. And its\u00a0100C smartphones were impossible to find.<\/p>\n Initially,\u00a0Apple was handed an injunction to stop selling its iPhone 6 line\u00a0in Beijing, but it quickly filed an administrative appeal and was permitted to sell the phones there again until further review by the court. Damage was likely minimal. Apple was\u00a0switching up\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0to iPhone 7 when this IP drama first arose, as TechCrunch\u2019s Sarah Perez noted at the time.<\/p>\n Since the Friday decision, iin press interviews, Shenzhen Baili\u2019s legal team has\u00a0said it plans to\u00a0appeal. Apple representatives were not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n Apple has lost market share in China in recent years to up and coming device makers from Xiaomi to BBK Electronics\u2019 brands<\/a> Oppo and Vivo more recently. However, it has remained the most profitable player in the market. Specifically, as the Motley Fool<\/a> reports, \u201cIn 2016, Apple captured an incredible 79% of global smartphone industry profits with just 14.5% market share.\u201d<\/p>\n The latest IP decision indicates that China courts will not always rule in favor of home town businesses, at least. Another ruling had raised concerns<\/a> over protectionist precedents.<\/p>\n Last spring, a court allowed leather goods makers Xintong Tiandi\u00a0to\u00a0continue making bags\u00a0using the\u00a0\u201ciphone\u201d and \u201cIPHONE\u201d trademarks in China. Xintong Tiandi\u00a0had registered to use\u00a0the brand name\u00a0in 2007, while Apple\u2019s smartphones did not go on sale in China until 2009. Apple hadn\u2019t registered the brand specifically to cover leather goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/iphone-6-6-plus-stacked-macro.jpg?w=680\")
Apple has bigger fish frying in the world of intellectual property. But it must be a relief that an IP court in Beijing has handed the smartphone pioneers a win. On Friday, the courts overturned a May 2016 ruling that said Apple had violated design patents of a small, and now defunct, Chinese company called Shenzhen Baili. The disputes were over the exterior design of the iPhone 6 and 6… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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