It is understood that this patent dispute can be traced back to 2014. Apple had filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm for patent fees. The lawsuit involved nearly 1 billion US dollars. The reason that Apple filed the lawsuit was that it accused Qualcomm of participating in anti-competitive and royalty fees. Mode and amount are too high.
Because the royalties charged by Qualcomm to Apple are not fixed, they are charged according to the cost of the whole machine. However, Apple believes that other than Apple’s own technology, which is not covered by technical standards of some industries (Qualcomm patents), it does not need to pay fees to Qualcomm. Qualcomm believes that Apple provided evidence to the local supervisory authorities that they were untrue or attempted to interfere with the judgment.
According to foreign media reports, Cooke will appear in court on June 27. However, many media believe that even if the two sides appear again in the courtroom, no one party will still choose to withdraw to ease the contradiction between the parties. It is reported that both cases can produce Clear results must wait until the end of the year or even early next year.
With 5G coming, all terminal manufacturers are preparing for the arrival of 5G. Apple is no exception. With the escalation of the contradictions between Apple and Qualcomm, Apple has for a long time abandoned its cooperation with Qualcomm and switched to development cooperation with Intel. There are rumors that Apple will use Intel and MediaTek's baseband chips.
According to historical data, Qualcomm had been fined by the antitrust authorities in various regions for its 'monopoly', including a fine of US$902 million for South Korea and a fine of US$1.2 billion for the European Union. Prior to this, Qualcomm had a high royalty fee and 'monopoly' issues. Has also been questioned by the local mobile phone market.