Civil Chamber of Georgia Supreme Court of Justice Bogotá, Colombia, upheld a first-instance decision that rejected a request to ban the import, sale and promotion of devices and mobile phones. 4G technology from Manzana.

“It doesn’t seem logical to argue that patent protection Erickson orders -yes or yes- to prohibit Apple from exercising the rights it believes it has in other national or foreign courts, or, for the time being, in lieu of anticipated precautionary measures, orders that the existence of proceedings be published or prohibits the use of the material to promote the equipment, that uses or conforms to the 4G standard,” the 17-page resolution explains.

The tribunal adds that “by the same token, the caution required in number 9.110 does not appear to be necessary because it has not been proven that Apple Colombia is taking actions aimed at eliminating or modifying its own correspondence.”

Reporting Magistrate, Marco Antonio Alvarez GomezResolved the appeal of the February 22 decision of the Fifth Civil Judge of the District of Bogotá.

“Considering the above, High Court of Bogotá, The Civil Chamber affirms the February 22, 2022 order issued by the city’s 5th Civil District Court on appeal insofar as it denied the injunctive relief, but modifies it – to add – the meaning of the judge’s order. Decides to take one or more precautionary measures that are less severe or different from those requested,” the ruling said.

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Similarly, the Supreme Court instructed the judge to take other precautions to guarantee the protection of patent rights. Erickson, “Such as a sufficient guarantee and/or interim payment that reflects the recognition of the amounts – indexed – that Apple paid per device under the previous license agreement – of course with and in connection with the devices. Cell phones imported into Colombia – Until the parties agree on another amount, it is clear that the judge may choose this or other reasonable measures.

And as already mentioned in the first line of the article, the decision to use the patent was made in the middle of the trial. Erickson in Colombia.

The Supreme Court rejected the arguments presented in the complaint by Ericsson’s lawyers, who tried to prevent Apple from marketing products with 4G technology, because the patent was used irregularly in Colombia and that it belongs to a multinational company (Ericsson).

What are the 5G devices that Apple can sell in Colombia?

Now, talking about the fifth technology, the list of products includes not only smartphones, but also tablets that work 5G networkWhich is not yet available in the country but is included as one of the high-end features of the devices.

These are all the products that the company already guarantees to sell without problems in Colombia:

– iPhone SE 2022

– iPhone 13

– iPhone 13 mini

– iPhone 13 Pro

-iPhone 13 Pro Max

– iPhone 12

– iPhone 12 mini

– iPhone 12 Pro

-iPhone 12 Pro Max

– iPad Pro (11-inch, 4th generation)

– iPad Pro (12.9-inch 6th generation)

– iPad mini (6th generation)

– iPad (10th generation)

– iPad Air (5th generation)

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