Why? This case is in San Diego, no San Jose.Lucy Ko should write a book when she retires.
Why? This case is in San Diego, no San Jose.Lucy Ko should write a book when she retires.
If Apple wins we can look forward to the iPhone XS Max costing $1445 instead of $1449
My bad. So how many anti trust cases have there been that they lost?
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Then they should have made an agreement before using their IP
As I understand it, Cook didn't have any real issues with Qualcomm until AAPL decided to move their iPhone product line (so) Upscale, starting with the iPhone X.
Prior to that, there was NO real rift between the two companies.
Is that correct ?
Apple is whining about $7.50/iPhone in patent fees.
And despite all of this people still have the nerve to think Qualcomm is in the right?
- In April 2017 Qualcomm and Blackberry had a binding arbitration case. Qualcomm lost and now owes $940 million to Blackberry. Since it didn't go to court, details are limited. What we do know is it was related to royalty rebates due to Blackberry over the number of devices sold. Which sounds eerily similar to what Apple is complaining about (with Apple winning a preliminary $1 billion against Qualcomm just recently).
- In June 2018 Qualcomm was fined $1.2 billion by the EU for antitrust issues arising from Qualcomm paying Apple money to ensure exclusivity in using Qualcomm modems. Just a week ago Qualcomm lost another part of their antitrust case by trying to prevent the handing over of data to the EU regarding their antitrust case.
- In October 2017 Qualcomm was fined $774 million by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission for overcharging royalties for their cellular modems and IP. Qualcomm struck a deal with Taiwan and had their fine "reduced" to $93 million in exchange for investing $700 million over 5 years into Taiwan's tech sector. Several companies are still protesting this decision as Qualcomm wasn't forced to change all their licensing practices.
- In December 2016, South Korea fined Qualcomm $854 million for antitrust issues surrounding modem and IP royalty/licensing. Prior to this Qualcomm was fined $243 million way back in 2009 over kickback issues to cell manufacturers to use Qualcomm modems exclusively. This fine was lowered slightly to $200 million just last month.
- In February 2015 Qualcomm accepted a penalty of $975 million in China over violating anti-monopoly laws over - you guessed it, royalties and licensing related to modems and related IP.
- The FTC in the US just wrapped up a trial (now awaiting a decision) accusing Qualcomm of antitrust practices related to their modems and licensing practices.
- Apple and Qualcomm start their trial today regarding, again, over payment of royalties.