According to news from foreign media, because Apple infringed on Qualcomm's at least one patent, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) may decide that some Apple iPhones will infringe. According to the news, Qualcomm filed a complaint about Apple about 1 year ago and asked ITC to ban it. The United States imported an iPhone with an Intel baseband chip. During the trial that began on Friday, ITC officials stated that Apple infringed a patent related to Power Save Technology of Qualcomm.
In the document handed over to ITC, Apple believes that Qualcomm’s patents are invalid and that judges should not ban the import of iPhones equipped with Intel’s baseband chips, as this will make Qualcomm’s monopoly position in the US baseband chip market and cause Intel to be excluded. Out of the baseband chip market. Apple said: 'Qualcomm has selectively claimed that its patents are only for Apple products containing Intel chipsets, but in fact its patent infringement lawsuit also applies to Apple products containing Qualcomm chipsets. Qualcomm tried to use ITC. The mechanism to maintain its monopoly of illegally obtained. '
This is the first of the dozens of legal disputes between Apple and Qualcomm that entered the trial. The final decision is not expected to be made until January next year. Legal experts believe that if the ITC judge decides to ban certain iPhones from importing in the United States , Qualcomm is likely to use this ruling to convince Apple to reach a settlement, or to give up some other patents and contract lawsuits. Apple argues that some of Qualcomm’s actions are illegal, and Qualcomm has paid for it in several countries. A billion-dollar antitrust fine, but Qualcomm is still appealing certain judgments.
Qualcomm said that with the rapid development of the smart phone market, the company’s behavior is legitimate and its behavior has been accepted by customers for many years. However, Qualcomm also made some adjustments to its licensing model to ease customer and regulatory Relationship between departments.
