Chinese authorities order Apple to stop selling iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

Beijing authorities have banned the sale of Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones because they apparently too closely resemble handsets from a little-known Chinese manufacturer. 

According to the Wall Street Journal, a company that owns the exterior design for a 5.5-inch Android device called the 100c claims Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus copy its intellectual property.

The Beijing Intellectual Property Bureau apparently agreed with Shenzhen Baili, the company that owns the 100c design, and handed down an order late last month. The Wall Street Journal notes that the Bureau posted the order late last month and that Apple can still appeal. Mashable has been unable to find that statement on the Chinese-language website. Read more...