Published: June 20, 2017
Publication: FierceWireless
“Apple added more allegations to its complaint against Qualcomm, escalating a massive battle over patent royalties that began in January.
The iPhone vendor earlier this year filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Qualcomm, contending the chipmaker insists on onerous royalties for its technologies and demands payments for technologies it didn’t develop, such as Apple’s Touch ID. Apple claimed in that suit that it “has been overcharged billions of dollars on Qualcomm’s illegal scheme,” although the suit seeks damages of just less than $1 billion.”