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MUNICH (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Thursday that iPhone maker Apple Inc infringed a hardware patent of Qualcomm Inc and said the U.S. company could no longer sell some iPhone models in Germany which contain a particular component.
The ruling is not final as Apple can appeal to a higher court, judge Matthias Zigann told the court.
The German case is Qualcomm's third major effort to secure a ban on Apple's lucrative iPhones over patent infringement allegations after similar court efforts in the United States and in China, one of which resulted in Chinese court ordering a ban on sales of some iPhones there earlier this month.
(Reporting by Joern Poltz, writing by Emma Thomasson, editing by Tassilo Hummel)
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