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1. Qualcomm recognized a $ 778 million fine in Taiwan, denied that Apple will abandon the baseband;
Set a micro-channel news, Qualcomm has set in the last quarter made a fine of 778 million US dollars in Taiwan, a major drop in profit last quarter because Qualcomm has not yet abandoned the appeal in Taiwan, and said outside the lawsuit with Apple will It is a long-term war of resistance.
Taiwan Fair in October to Qualcomm in violation of fair competition laws as a pretext for up to 778 million US dollars in tickets, although Qualcomm has issued a statement that it will seek the Taiwan court to suspend the implementation and the appeal, but still in the quarter earnings report $ 778 million fine, erosion of earnings per share of about 0.52 US dollars.
Qualcomm in addition to the relief measures to be filed with Taiwan, patent disputes between Apple and there is no sign of military offensives Qualcomm pointed out at the conference that the patent war with Apple will be a protracted war may take a long time to complete with Apple in the United States , China, Germany and other places of legal proceedings.
Qualcomm and Apple patent litigation battle, resulting from Apple dissatisfied patent licensing model, not only sued Qualcomm monopoly market and rejected the technical authorization, and in April this year to stop paying Qualcomm billions of dollars a year royalties, Qualcomm anti- Report, involving Hon Hai, Heshuo, Compal, Wistron Taiwan's four major Apple foundries.
Although the recent market is rumored that Apple will completely abandon Qualcomm's baseband chips from 2018 to Intel and MediaTek products, Qualcomm has indicated that next year's Apple models have been validated to deny the above news.However, Apple also speeds up the homemade baseband Chip footsteps, as soon as 2019 ready.
2. Qualcomm again sued Apple for breaching a common agreement to profit Intel;
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 (Reuters) - Qualcomm recently filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. (Apple), alleging that Apple violated a software license agreement that made Qualcomm's rival Intel Corp. a profit. Yes, the dispute between Qualcomm and Apple has been going on for a long time.
Qualcomm said Wednesday in its indictment filed with the state court in California that Apple is leveraging its commercial strength to require chipmakers to provide confidential software and even source code.
Qualcomm said the agreement with Apple has made it clear that Apple engineers working with Qualcomm can not communicate with Apple engineers working with Intel.
Qualcomm said that as early as July of this year, Apple emailed Qualcomm asked to provide 'high-profile' information on a chip product, while Apple copied a copy to Intel engineers, which is Qualcomm said.In another similar case , One partner with Qualcomm's rival Apple engineers asked Qualcomm for confidential technical information from an Apple engineer working with Qualcomm.
Apple did not comment immediately on Qualcomm's lawsuit, but the move already illustrates Apple's move to switch to Intel-based broadband modem chips on the iPhone 7, and according to a Reuters report From next year, Apple will completely eliminate Qualcomm chips in its iPhone and iPad products. (Andy)
3. Qualcomm advised investors: the dispute with Apple will be a protracted war;
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2 morning news, in the global legal dispute with Apple, Qualcomm suffered several small setbacks.On Wednesday Qualcomm warned investors that the dispute will continue for some time.
There have been rumors this summer that Qualcomm and Apple will reach out of court settlement.However, Qualcomm executives stressed on Wednesday that it may take a long time to deal with legal disputes and related investigations in the United States, China and Germany.
Apple sued Qualcomm in January this year, claiming that the company charged excessive fees on wireless technologies used on iPhones and iPads, triggering legal battles, and the disputes between the two parties have been expanding since April Its suppliers stopped paying Qualcomm billions of dollars a year in royalties.
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf said on Wednesday's earnings call: 'There are many ways to resolve the issue between the two companies, and I do not think we can post any changes at this time.' It may take a while to solve.
Don Rosenberg, Qualcomm general counsel, said: "It is important that litigation of this size and level take time and you will not be able to focus on any specific event in the short term."
Qualcomm reported on Wednesday that the dispute with Apple on Qualcomm's revenue and profits have a serious impact.As Apple and its suppliers did not pay royalties, and Qualcomm reached other legal settlement, Qualcomm's revenue declined 5 % To 5.9 billion U.S. dollars, while profits dropped 89% to 168 million U.S. dollars, but the decline was slightly below Wall Street expectations due to strong sales in China.
4.OPPO foldable display patent exposure, can be folded is the future trend of mobile phones?
According to the IT house reported that recently, the domestic smart phone manufacturers OPPO foldable display patent also appeared in the network.According to the patent documents show, OPPO equipped with the technology of the top 25% to 35% of the device can Bends and folds in the vertical direction.
OPPO among the many mobile phone manufacturers in the new technology is worth the test, such as rotating camera phone OPPO N1, etc. However, the emergence of the patent does not mean OPPO will develop related equipment.
As smart phones continue to evolve today, routine hardware upgrades to mobile phones are slowly becoming less attractive enough to hold their phones so Samsung and Apple are both seeking more futuristic breakthroughs in collapsible screens Equipment has become a common idea.
It is reported that Samsung has filed a patent with the Korean Intellectual Property Office showed a new patented folding screen phone design, this design or paving the way for a new hybrid folding device by installing a hinge between the two screens, Samsung to avoid Foldable screen bending problem.
5. In the protracted patent battle with Samsung, Huawei is still in a good position
Recently, the China University of Political Science and Law Intellectual Property Research Center, a special researcher Li Junhui revealed that the State Intellectual Property Office Patent Reexamination Board (hereinafter referred to as the 'Patent Reexamination Board') again released nine copies of Huawei and Samsung patents related Patent invalidation review decision, of which 5 decisions involving Samsung patents and 4 decisions on Huawei patents.
In these announced review decision, Samsung has two patents were adjudicated null and void, two were to remain valid, one was convicted partially invalid, while Huawei was one were sentenced to be all null and void, one was maintained , 2 were sentenced partially invalid.
Up to now, in 2016, Samsung prosecuted Huawei patent infringement cases in the Chinese market, 21 patents have been announced invalid review results, a total of 12 were sentenced to null and void, the patent was invalidated review of the review was invalid 57% .
In contrast, Huawei v. Samsung patent infringement series of cases, there are 13 patents announced the invalidation of the review results, a total of 4 were sentenced to null and void, the patent was invalidated review of the award was found to be ineffective at 31%.
This shows that in this protracted patent contest and confrontation, Huawei is still in a relatively favorable position.