{"id":28381,"date":"2017-05-05T10:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T10:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=28381"},"modified":"2017-05-05T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T10:58:42","slug":"imagination-tech-starts-dispute-process-with-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/imagination-tech-starts-dispute-process-with-apple.html","title":{"rendered":"Imagination Tech starts dispute process with Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Imagination Tech starts dispute process with Apple<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Imagination Technologies said it had started a &quot;dispute resolution procedure&quot; with Apple, its biggest customer, after failing to resolve a standoff over licensing between the two companies.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Imagination said in April that Apple had notified the British firm it was developing its own graphics chips and would no longer use Imagination&#39;s processing designs in 15 months to two years time.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">The potential loss of Apple, which accounts for about half of the British firm&#39;s revenue, sent its shares down 70 percent on the day, and the stock has barely recovered. It has also sent shudders through other Apple suppliers.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Apple has used Imagination&#39;s technology in its products from the time of the iPod, and it receives royalties from every sale of an Apple device containing its designs, including the iPhone and iPad.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Imagination said in April that it doubted Apple could go it alone without violating its patents, and analysts said legal battles could lie ahead.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">It said on Thursday it had been unable to make satisfactory progress with Apple on an alternative commercial arrangements for the current license and royalty agreement.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">&quot;Imagination has therefore commenced the dispute resolution procedure under the license agreement with a view to reaching an agreement through a more structured process,&quot; it said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Imagination also said it planned to sell two businesses, its embedded processor technology MIPS and mobile connectivity unit Ensigma.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">source:-http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-imagination-tech-apple-idUSKBN1800IB<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/imagination-tech-starts-dispute-process-with-apple.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagination Tech starts dispute process with Apple Imagination Technologies said it had started a &quot;dispute resolution procedure&quot; with Apple, its biggest customer, after failing to resolve a standoff over licensing between the two companies. 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