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Written by james on September 13th, 2008 with no comments.
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A conclusion was reached in the case of Vodafone vs. T-Mobile regarding iPhone’s distribution in Germany. The decision in this case was supposed to come yesterday, but it was delayed by the judges until today.
The whole thing of course started when Vodafone accused T-Mobile of monopoly due to the fact that T-Mobile implemented the standard Apple business model for the iPhone in Germany, which consists of selling locked handsets through one exclusive mobile service provider in each territory.
Vodafone, which was previously very keen on being the exclusive European iPhone distributor while subsequently failing in that bid, even managed to obtain a court injunction against T-Mobile, ordering the latter to sell both locked and unlocked iPhones.
However, today’s decision means that it’s the end of the line for Vodafone’s iPhone ambitions, at least in Germany, as Reuters reports that a German court ruled that T-Mobile may continue to offer locked iPhones with binding mobile service contracts.
And although this lawsuit is now over, there’s quite a few more iPhone related lawsuits of all kinds coming up… Just check out our iPhone lawsuits news archive.
Written by dennis on December 4th, 2007 with no comments.
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Klausner Technologies Inc. filled a $360-million suit against Apple and AT&T over a voicemail patent this Monday.
Klausner said that the iPhone technology infringes Klausner’s visual voicemail patent. Same patent was infringed in 2006, when Klausner filed a lawsuit against VoIP provider Vonage, with both sides agreeing to settle the case in October 2007. Vonage had to buy a license from Klausner for voicemail technology in question.
It is interesting to note that Cablevision’s Optimum Voicemail, Comcast’s Digital Voice Voicemail and eBay’s Skype Voicemail also violate Klausners patent by allowing users to listen to their messages in the order of their choice via message inbox display.
Apple’s representatives did not comment on this issue as of yet.
There are other ongoing disputes which Apple hasn’t solved yet, so their laywers are sure to have a busy and well paid time.
Thanks: Reuters
Written by David on December 4th, 2007 with no comments.
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The dispute raised by Vodafone over T-Mobile’s Germany-based branch over the selling of locked iPhones, has been delayed.
The court handling the dispute says its ruling is being delayed by one day, or release of tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. Until then, T-Mobile has been selling iPhones both locked and unlocked, after Vodafone’s injunction because of T-Mobile’s selling of locked phones while locking the same handset to one provider, when a certain German law prohibits such.
T-Mobile soon conceded to Vodafone and started selling those iPhones with no lock on them. Although the unlocked iPhone was $1500, or more than 900 Euros, that’s how it had to be. We’ll update you when the official ruling comes out.
Thanks: Yahoo
Written by patrick on December 3rd, 2007 with no comments.
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Deutsche Telekom is appealing against Vodafone, over the terms of sale of iPhone in Germany. The hearing will begin on November 29, in Hamburg.
Vodafone, UKs mobile operator is trying to force T-Mobile allowing iPhones on all German networks. Right now T-Mobile has exclusive rights for selling the device. It can only be used on T-Mobile network and customers need to sign a 2 year agreement. But that might change since Vodafone, on November 21 won an injunction from court, requiring T-Mobile to allow selling iPhones without the lengthy contract.
The iPhone wasn’t sold any cheaper, however, and was jacked up considerably. It hit around $1500, compared to $400 here in the states.
According to Vodafone, such contract discourages customers from using iPhone. And now T-Mobile has appealed to cancel the injunction.
Thanks: InteractiveInvestor
Written by David on November 26th, 2007 with no comments.
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