Lawyers representing Apple in England on a patent with an optical cellular cellular has threatened to leave England.
Apple thought that paying a patent fee of around $ 7 billion to too much Opti and “commercially acceptable”.
If the court in the UK forces Apple to pay a fee, it is said it can “get out of the UK market”, according to the report with this is money.
The court has not decided the amount of costs but is expected to be around $ 7 billion.
Opti has dragged Apple to court for a patent violation which was alleged to use standard 3G and 4G technology on the iPhone.
Courts in the UK can declare the rates set for patent payments globally but how many Apple has to pay in the end will be decided in an experiment in 2022.
According to the report with this is money, justice Meade in the audience says that Apple “might be disappointed” this set.
Responding to this, Marie Demetriou, a lawyer who represented Apple said, “I am not sure that is true.
Apple’s position indeed can reflect requirements and decide whether commercially correctly to accept it or leave the UK market.
There may be terms arranged by the court only Commercially unacceptable.
“Last month, Apple faced a similar lawsuit in the US for Wi-Fi connectivity patents and cellular connectivity.
This lawsuit accused that almost all Apple products that support Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity violated a set of wireless communication patents.
Complaints, nesting in the US District Court for the West Texas district, claiming that Apple products – such as iPhone and iPad – violate specific claims in 13 different patents belonging to the Smart Mobile Non-Practicing Entity, LLC.