waiting on the results of a challenge to the same patent by another infringer, Samsung. South Korea is threatening to boycott a wide collection of Apple products including the iPhone X and iPad over possible infringement of a key chip patent . The country 's Ministry of Trade , Industry and Energy is investigating Apple ’s alleged use of Korean science and research university KAIST 's patent on chip - shrinking technology FinFET . Prospective prosecution is dependent on the results of a challenge to the patent by another infringer , Samsung . KAIST 's IP arm Samsung has successfully sued but this can be overturned if Samsung claims its version of the patent sufficiently differs .
South Korea is threatening to boycott a wide collection of Apple products including the iPhone X and iPad over possible infringement of a key chip patent . The country 's Ministry of Trade , Industry and Energy is investigating Apple ’s alleged use of Korean science and research university KAIST 's patent on chip - shrinking technology FinFET . Prospective prosecution is dependent on the results of a challenge to the patent by another infringer , Samsung . KAIST 's IP arm Samsung has successfully sued but this can be overturned if Samsung claims its version of the patent sufficiently differs .