Apple "Batterygate" compensation and consumer class action lawsuit

Author(s)

Research Fellow in Consumer Rights and Protections in China, the European Union and Internationally, Wolfson College

Posted

16 July 2020

Time to read

2 Minutes

In this Consumer Rights Beyond Boundaries blog piece (in Chinese), Dr Ying Yu examines the case of Apple "Batterygate" in the context of consumer law. She explains the settlement and compensation scheme that resulted from the "Batterygate" class action lawsuit. She also discusses this case from the perspectives of other jurisdictions including the EU and the USA.

Dr Yu is Research Fellow of Law, Justice and Society at the University Oxford. She leads the 'Best Practices of Consumer Redress' project in UNCTAD's Research Partnerships Platform and the Consumer Rights Beyond Boundaries (CRBB) programme.