Apple barred from selling iPhones 6 in Beijing

Reports that the capital's intellectual property regulator has accused Apple of infringing design patents for a Chinese phone

Beijing has ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in China's capital, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The city's intellectual property regulator has ruled that the design of the two phones is overly similar to another phone, the 100C, made by the Chinese company Shenzhen Baili. In a statement, the Beijing Intellectual Property Bureau wrote that the phones infringe on a Chinese patent for exterior design held by Shenzhen Baili.