By claiming infringement of its patent, 100C, a Chinese company is attempting to block the sale of Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, in China. Equivalent to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, the strategy has worked earlier in favour of the domestic company. Foreign companies have always struggled to do business in China.

Capitalising on the purchasing power of its middle class, and being the most populous country in the world, China is well aware of its huge market. It has made its business climate such that foreign companies tend to have a hard time at the expense of domestic ones. So much so that even Apple is finding it hard to do business in China.

Earlier this year in April, its iBooks and iTunes Movies got banned in China, and that was only the icing on the cake. Now some random Chinese company has accused it of infringing on its design patent of its “100C” smartphone under its “100+” brand.

Although the matter is laughable, the Chinese have taken it very seriously. Beijing’s Intellectual Property Office has ordered Apple to stop selling its latest flagships, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in Beijing, since consumers will be unable to distinguish the “minute differences” between its design and that of 100C.

Although Apple and its distribution partners aren’t taking all of this lying down: they have initiated a litigation to reverse the ban. But given its earlier failed attempt to do so, Apple and its distributors will need mountain loads of luck to win this fight.

In a twist of fate however, Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are currently being sold in China pending the outcome of the litigation.