The case, brought by Qualcomm, is part of a global patent dispute between the two US companies that includes dozens of lawsuits.
Apple
Inc , facing a court ban in China
on some of its iPhone models over alleged infringement of Qualcomm
Inc patents, said on Friday it will push software updates to users in
a bid to resolve potential issues.
Apple
will carry out the software updates at the start of next week "to
address any possible concern about our compliance with the order",
the firm said in a statement sent to Reuters.
Earlier
this week, Qualcomm
said a Chinese court had ordered a ban on sales of some older Apple
iPhone models for violating two of its patents, though intellectual
property lawyers said the ban would still likely take time to
enforce.
"Based
on the iPhone models we offer today in China, we believe we are in
compliance," Apple said.
"Early
next week we will deliver a software update for iPhone users in China
addressing the minor functionality of the two patents at issue in the
case."
The
case, brought by Qualcomm, is part of a global patent dispute between
the two U.S. companies that includes dozens of lawsuits. It creates
uncertainty over Apple's business in one of its biggest markets at a
time when concerns over waning demand for new iPhones are battering
its shares.
Qualcomm
has said that the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court in China found
Apple infringed two patents held by the chipmaker and ordered an
immediate ban on sales of older iPhone models, from the 6S through
the X.
Apple
has said that all of its phone models remained on sale in
mainland China and that it had filed a request for reconsideration
with the court. All the models appeared to be available to buy on
Apple's China website on Friday.
Qualcomm,
the biggest supplier of chips for mobile phones, filed its case in
China in late 2017, arguing that Apple infringed patents on features
related to resizing photographs and managing apps on a touch screen.
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