Apple recently faced a huge amount of compensation in the UK, up to 5 billion pounds, about 45 billion yuan.

Apple may withdraw from the UK market if the court orders the company to pay a "commercially unacceptable" license fee for infringing the 3G and 4G patents of Optis cellular, a patent company, according to Appleinsider, a technology website, on July 11 local time.

Apple is currently involved in a lawsuit with Optis in the UK and has refused to pay Optis a license fee for patents on iPhone and other technologies.

In June 2021, a British High Court judge ruled that Apple had infringed two Optis patents and ordered it to pay a license fee. The value of the fee has not yet been determined, but media reports say Apple may have to pay 5 billion pounds (about 45 billion yuan) for using "standard" smartphone technology in its products. If apple leaves the UK market, Apple will not have to pay for it.

It is understood that the case has not yet been finalized, and the final result will be the end of the trial in 2022.

According to the report, a court case at the end of July will determine whether Apple must make a legally binding commitment to comply with the payment rate set by the judge in the July 2022 trial. If it refuses, Apple may be banned from selling iPhones in the country.

Marie Demetriou, Apple's lawyer, retorted: "I'm not sure that's right... Apple's position is that it really should carefully consider the terms (license rates) and decide whether it's right to accept the terms from a commercial perspective or leave the UK market. The terms set by law may not be acceptable from a commercial point of view. "

In fact, this is not the first patent dispute between apple and Optis. As early as June 2020, Apple was awarded a $506 million royalty by a federal jury in Texas for using Optis's 4G related patent in its iPhone.

At that time, the jury found that five patents of Optis wireless technology had been infringed, and the infringement was intentional, which meant that the trial judge could increase the royalty amount to three times the amount set by the jury.

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