US tribunal to review ruling on iPhone ban

A display of iPhones at the World Trade Center Apple Store during a Black Friday sales event in Manhattan, New York City, US. [Photo: Reuters]

WASHINGTON- The US International Trade Commission (ITC) said on Wednesday it would review a ruling that a ban on imports of some iPhones into the United States was not in the public interest, even if Apple infringed a Qualcomm patent.

Apple and Qualcomm are locked in a wide-ranging legal dispute in which Apple has accused Qualcomm of unfair patent licensing practices. Qualcomm has in turn accused Apple of patent infringement.