T-Mobile Court Date On iPhone Set For Nov 29

FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- A Hamburg court will hear the case on T-Mobile Deutschland's German marketing rights for Apple's iPhone November 29, the court said Friday.

Vodafone Deutschland, a unit of Vodafone, earlier this week filed an injunction with the court, requesting a legal assessment of T-Mobile's marketing rights to the iPhone.

Vodafone objected to the fact that the iPhone can be used only on T-Mobile networks, and questioned the company's pricing packages, which were tied to binding contracts with T-Mobile.

Following a court order, T-Mobile has made changes to its iPhone offer, but has said it expects its marketing model to hold up in court.

T-Mobile is a unit of Deutsche Telekom.

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Posted to the site on 23rd November 2007