Apple’s threat to quit Britain over £5bil patent row


  • iOS
  • Monday, 12 Jul 2021

A pedestrian passes a display of iMacs at the Apple Inc store in London, UK. Apple’s lawyers warned it could quit the UK market if a court forces the company to pay a ‘commercially unacceptable’ fee for the technology used in its iPhones. — Bloomberg

American tech giant Apple has threatened to quit the UK over a US$7bil (£5bil or RM29.11bil) legal row.

Apple’s lawyers warned it could quit the UK market if a court forces the company to pay a ‘commercially unacceptable’ fee for the technology used in its iPhones.

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