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Apple has been ordered by a German court to stop use of part of a press release stating all iPhones would be available for purchase in the country through resellers and carriers after being banned from selling the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models in the country following a patent dispute with Qualcomm, a copy of a filing examined by Reuters show.

“The press release … is misleading as it contains statements that are at least potentially deceptive about the availability of the goods, namely the iPhones affected by the ruling,” A three-judge panel penned in the latest ruling. Qualcomm obtained this injunction against Apple on Thursday after a similar move in China.

Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf Photograph by Jordan Curet/Fortune Brainstorm Tech

At the time, Apple said it would no longer sell the iPhone 7 and 8 at its 15 retail locations in Germany but the models would remain available through over 4,300 carriers and resellers in the country.

 The Apple-Qualcomm on-going legal battle has witnessed lots of arising issues including Apple COO Jeff Williams stating Qualcomm refused to supply chips for 2018 iPhones, Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf defending its case of pushing to be sole supplier of iPhone chips and a leaked e-mail exchange between Williams and Mollenkopf suggesting a fallout over a software dispute.

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