Published: May 17, 2017 Publication: Bloomberg "Qualcomm Inc.’s battle with Apple Inc. is heating up as the chip company hauls assemblers of the iPhone into a U.S. court on claims they are failing to pay patent royalties. Four Asian contract manufacturers, including Foxconn Technology Groupand Pegatron Corp., aren’t complying with obligations to pay [...]
Published: May 16, 2017 Publication: FOSS Patents "On Friday, the FTC opposed Qualcomm's motion to dismiss the pending antitrust litigation in the Northern District of California, and got support from several amici curiae, with Samsung stressing that it is harmed by Qualcomm in two capacities: as a device maker and as a [...]
Published: May 16, 2017 Publication: Extreme Tech “Intel and Samsung have both joined the FTC’s lawsuit against Qualcomm, accusing the smartphone SoC and wireless modem manufacturer of engaging in practices that violate antitrust law. Fair disclosure requires me to note that Intel’s brief is impossible to read without chortling. Anyone who [...]
Published: May 13, 2017 Publication: FOSS Patents "In today's opposition to a Qualcomm motion to dismiss the FTC's antitrust complaint, the FTC says "[o]ther chipmakers may not wish to sue Qualcomm for a number of reasons, including fear of countersuit for infringement, escalation, litigation fees, disrupted relationships with OEMs [...]." While [...]
Published: May 12, 2017 Publication: Wall Street Journal "Samsung Electronics Co. and Intel Corp. on Friday filed briefs supporting a U.S. regulator’s lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. that argues the chip company used its dominant position in cellphone chips to force customers to accept unfair terms. The amicus briefs by Intel, a major Qualcomm rival, and Samsung, which is [...]
Published: May 12, 2017 Publication: CNET "And so continues the battle over Qualcomm's licensing practices. The US Federal Trade Commission on Friday defended its antitrust lawsuit from January, saying in a legal filing with the US District Court in San Jose, California, that the court shouldn't dismiss its complaint against Qualcomm. [...]
Published: May 8, 2017 Publication: IPKat "With the French elections preoccupying Europe, readers may have understandably forgotten about Monday's deadline to respond to the incredibly short-lived Commission consultation on the roadmap for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in Europe. An industry group who did not forget, ACT | The App Association, [...]
Published: 5/8/17 Publication: Mondaq “Worldwide telecommunications standards are formulated and set by Standards Setting Organizations so that different manufacturers can produce equipment that is interoperable and so manufacturers can compete with one another (for example, so that all 4G phones will work with any 4G network). Standardization involves holders of [...]
Published: 4/29/17Publication: Lexology"On April 4, 2017, the Honorable Justice Birss of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) issued his decision in Unwired Planet International v Huawei Technologies. The decision provides a comprehensive review of the application of Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) principles to the licensing of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)." [...]
Published: 4/28/17Publication: Bloomberg BNA"Apple Inc. cut off billions of dollars in payments to Qualcomm Inc., turning a contract dispute into what one analyst called an "all-out war" that forced the chip supplier to slash forecasts given only days ago. The world’s largest publicly-traded technology company and one of the main suppliers of [...]