Published: July 28, 2017
Publication: Market Realist
“Qualcomm (QCOM) has been making headlines for quite some time due to its many legal cases with regulators, customers, and competitors.
These legal attacks are targeting Qualcomm’s licensing model. They state that Qualcomm refuses to sell its 3G (third-generation) and 4G (fourth-generation) chips to handset makers unless they license the technology, which is a standard essential to mobile communications. Moreover, it also doesn’t license these standard essential patents to its competitors.”