https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/04/qualcomm_posts_billioneuro_bond/

Apple's iPhone 7 and 8 will remain off the shelves in Germany – after Qualcomm posted a €1.3bn (£1.17bn, $1.5bn) bond in case the December court ban is overturned on appeal.

As part of the eternal, international patent rights battle between the two companies, Qualcomm sued Apple in Germany seeking the sales ban, and as we reported in December, a Munich court granted Qualcomm its wish.