“Apple Inc is not in talks ‘at any level’ to settle its wide-ranging legal dispute with mobile chip maker Qualcomm Inc, according to a source familiar with the matter,” Reuters reports.
“Early last year, Apple sued Qualcomm in federal court in San Diego, alleging that the chip company’s practice of taking a cut of the selling price of phones as a patent license fee was illegal,” Reuters reports. “Qualcomm denied the claims and has alleged that Apple owes it $7 billion in unpaid royalties.”
“A source familiar with the situation said this week that there are no settlement talks between Apple and Qualcomm,” Reuters reports. “‘There is absolutely no meaningful discussion taking place between us and Qualcomm, and there is no settlement in sight,’ the person said. ‘We are gearing up for trial.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: Turning the screws on Qualcomm just a bit more.
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Qualcomm CEO sees chance of Apple settlement this year – September 18, 2018
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Magistrate judge rebukes Qualcomm for iPhone patent infringement allegations it originally chose not to bring – September 6, 2018
EU regulators charge Qualcomm with additional violation in pricing case – July 19, 2018
Apple petitions U.S. Patent Office to invalidate four Qualcomm patents – June 22, 2018
Apple brings 5G and national security into Qualcomm patent battle – June 18, 2018
Analyst: Apple, Qualcomm legal fight could settle this year – June 11, 2018
Apple CEO Tim Cook to be deposed in Qualcomm lawsuit – April 6, 2018
Judge Koh sets aside sanctions order against Apple in FTC v. Qualcomm antitrust case – February 8, 2018
Apple gets support from Lawyers for Civil Justice in fight against discovery sanctions – February 1, 2018
EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm $1.2 billion for paying Apple to shut out rivals’ chips – January 24, 2018
Apple sanctioned in Qualcomm FTC case for withholding documents – December 22, 2017
Apple countersues Qualcomm for patent infringement – November 29, 2017
Apple designing next-gen iPhones, iPads that would dump Qualcomm components – October 31, 2017
A settlement would just allow Qualcomm to keep abusing it’s customers. Better to let the light of day shine down on their vampire patents and let most of them turn to agonizing dust diminishing their power to what they are actually entitled to. Not what their scam let them get away with in the past.