Apple Ordered To Retrench Iphone 6 Sales In Beijing

The Beijing intelectual property board said that Apple had violated the design patents of Shenzen Baili with Iphone 6 & 6S.As a result, the company must stop the sales of the two devices in Beijing as the ruling said that patents of Baili were infringed by the Apple's Iphone 6 & 6S.

The decision was posted online in May, although it was still unclear when it came down but Apple said it's riveting and continues to sell Iphone 6 in Beijing as the order is still under scrunity, Therefore Apple thinks that it's their discretion.

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models launched in 2014, and Apple has slowly started to move away from selling them to make way for newer models, such as the iPhone 6S, 6S Plus and SE.

Last month, Apple lost their legal dispute against the Chinese manufacturer of leather accecories that uses Iphone as its brand.And in April, Apple's iBooks and iTunes Movies services shut down in China.

"We hope to make books and movies available again to our customers in China as soon as possible," the company said in a statement at the time. 

Apple didn't cite any comments on the shutting down of their service, although this decision was incurred by the new rules conceived on February requiring approval from the government for foreign companies who want to provide their services of video, games, and books.

CEO Tim Cook recently visited Beijing after Apple  announced it would invest $1 billion in Didi Chuxing Uber's biggest rival in Asia. Some see the investment as a way for Apple to smooth its relationship with the Chinese government.

As demand for new mobile phones continues to shrink, Apple has its sights set on China's booming consumer market. But the company has been stumbling in China, seeing sales slump 26% during the first three months of the year -- more than any other market's decline.

The main reason for the drag is that the iPhone hasn't been selling as well as Apple has hoped, thanks to China's homegrown brands such as Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo. Huawei is currently the third biggest smartphone vendor in the world and Xiaomi is fifth.