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Things are getting more serious for Apple over the revelations that the company purposely slows older phones. They could face criminal charges in France under a recently passed obsolescence law.  As reported by Masable:  "By slowing down old phones, Apple is forcing people to replace them with new phones at a faster rate than they really should, violating measures for sustainability established by that 2015 law" Two lawsuits were initially filed against Apple in the U.S. a week ago, just a few days after Apple confirmed reports that it slowed down older models of its iPhone to preserve battery life. This French case is, so far, the only known criminal complaint filed against the tech behemoth, which has already faced turmoil  over its tax situation  in Europe and, more specifically,  Ireland  in recent years.  Given that Apple stands to benefit massively  from the newly signed GOP tax bill, they should have enough extra cash to throw at the problem until

Apple has lost a lawsuit it filed against the Italian clothing brand that trademarked the name of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The company especially took issue with the logo that’s being used with the Steve Jobs trademark, but the courts sided with the Italian clothing brand. According to an Italian-language website , brothers Vincenzo and Giacomo Barbato noticed in 2012 that Apple had never secured the trademark for the name of its most prominent co-founder. They had spent years designing clothing products for other brand names, but they decided to begin the process of setting up their own clothing company after becoming fed up with producing products for others. Upon discovering that the Steve Jobs trademark was free, they seized upon it as an opportunity and decided to use it for the clothing company they were in the process of setting up. The two brothers plan to keep working on new products under the Steve Jobs trademark. They told Business Insider Italia that eventually, they