“The wireless industry’s economically biggest lawsuit — Apple v. Qualcomm in the Southern District of California — just got a whole lot bigger,” Florian Mueller writes for FOSS Patents.
“Contrary to popular misbelief, it was never about ‘only’ $1 billion but always had implications and ramifications to the tune of many billions,” Mueller writes. “There is no more room for doubt now that Apple, which earlier today resoundingly rejected the accusation that it had throttled any of its iPhones, has amended its complaint.”
“All in all, this new complaint is massive. The difference between the original complaint and the new one is, in terms of the potential impact on Qualcomm’s business, comparable to the significance of the original one. Apple is doubling down, not in terms of the number of jurisdictions or suits, but in terms of the economic impact that this dispute may have,” Mueller writes. “I’m starting to wonder how many years it will take before this case is over. Unless they settle…”
Much more, including Apple’s Amended Complaint Against Qualcomm, in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The dance ratchets up its pace.
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Talk about long lawsuits, has Apple ever collected any money from Samsung after all these years.
I don’t have much hope for Apple to beat Qualcomm in the courts. It seems as though Apple always loses the big cases. One would think Apple could afford to hire the best lawyers in the world to win cases for them. I’m going to be sorely disappointed when Apple loses to the likes of Qualcomm. Qualcomm’s CEO seems mighty confident his company will win. Qualcomm’s stock price certainly hasn’t lost much value since the court case was announced so it doesn’t appear shareholders are worried to any large degree considering it’s being called a blockbuster lawsuit with huge future patent implications.
Just because you have the best lawyers, doesn’t mean you are going to win. Grow up.
It would be best for Qualcomm to settle, least they risk not only just Apple profits but from all phone manufactures.