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Apple wins appeal to overturn $300 million U.S. patent verdict

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 2:36 pmNo Comments

Apple successfully persuaded a U.S. appeals court to overturn a $300 million jury verdict, which had ruled that the company infringed…

Qualcomm agrees to pay $75 million to settle lawsuit linked to Apple complaints

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 3:09 pmNo Comments

In January 2017, the Federal Trade Commission and Apple sued Qualcomm in connection with its alleged efforts to monopolize…

Apple accused of bad faith in Ericsson 5G patent royalty talks

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 11:00 am1 Comment

Ericsson filed a lawsuit Monday against Apple which accuses the company of engaging in unfair tactics to avoid paying royalties for 5G …

Jury awards Optis $300 million in second patent trial against Apple

Monday, August 16, 2021 8:59 am4 Comments

A U.S. jury on Friday awarded Optis Wireless Technology $300 million in damages after a second patent trial versus Apple …

Judge tosses $506.2 million patent damages award against Apple

Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:56 am3 Comments

A U.S. federal judge threw out a $506.2 million patent damages award against Apple after ruling the company should have been able to…

Unwired Planet seeks $8 billion from Apple over standard-essential patents

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 3:33 pm2 Comments

Unwired Planet… [is a] non-practicing entity is a patent privateer: it received patents from Ericsson in a transaction…

Rumored Intel sale of modem business to Apple weighs on Qualcomm stock

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 10:25 amWednesday, July 24, 2019No Comments

A possible deal between Intel Corp. and Apple Inc. over smartphone modems pressured shares of Qualcomm Inc…

Apple buying Intel’s 5G modem business is all about defense

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 1:48 pm3 Comments

Apple’s interest in acquiring Intel’s 5G modem business is not really “news,” but the likely reason for such a purchase…

What buying Intel’s modem business could mean for Apple

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 11:25 amTuesday, July 23, 20192 Comments

Apple’s impending acquisition of Intel’s modem business has several key implications…

Prior to settlement, Apple got Qualcomm’s fake patent injunction lifted in Germany

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 2:32 pmWednesday, April 17, 20192 Comments

Days before the sudden settlement between Apple and Qualcomm, a German appeals court…

After settlement with Apple, Qualcomm still faces other potential legal fallout

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:30 pm7 Comments

Apple and mobile chip maker Qualcomm have settled a bitter financial dispute…

Qualcomm and Apple settle, agree to drop all litigation

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 3:23 pmTuesday, April 16, 201938 Comments

Qualcomm and Apple today announced an agreement to dismiss all litigation…

Apple lawyers compare Qualcomm chips to fried chicken as trial begins

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 3:10 pmTuesday, April 16, 20191 Comment

A trial opened Tuesday in a complex contract and anti-trust dispute between Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc…

Billions at stake as Apple v. Qualcomm trial begins

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 1:08 pm8 Comments

Apple chief Tim Cook and Qualcomm’s CEO Steve Mollenkopf are both expected to appear during the trial…

Apple, allies seek damages of up to $27 billion in U.S. trial over Qualcomm’s predatory business model

Monday, April 15, 2019 11:38 am3 Comments

Apple Inc and its allies on Monday will kick off a jury trial against chip supplier Qualcomm…

Frosty relationship between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf has deepened dispute

Saturday, April 13, 2019 11:20 am21 Comments

A meeting between Tim Cook and Steve Mollenkopf a year ago at Apple Inc.’s headquarters started with a tense moment…

Qualcomm president on Apple’s 5G modem ‘struggles’: They have our phone number

Friday, April 5, 2019 11:02 amFriday, April 5, 20196 Comments

Apple is reportedly struggling with its effort to add 5G to next year’s iPhones…

Apple CEO Cook, other top execs to testify in Qualcomm trial

Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:36 pmThursday, March 28, 20192 Comments

Dozens of executives and engineers are expected to take the witness stand…

Hometown San Diego jury awards Qualcomm $31.6 million in Apple case

Friday, March 15, 2019 3:28 pmFriday, March 15, 20191 Comment

Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc…

U.S. judge rules Qualcomm owes Apple nearly $1 billion in patent royalty rebates

Friday, March 15, 2019 10:25 amFriday, March 15, 20193 Comments

A U.S. federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that Qualcomm Inc owes Apple Inc nearly $1 billion…

Apple counsel maintains claims of witness tampering in Qualcomm patent case

Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:57 amThursday, March 14, 20192 Comments

Apple and Qualcomm continued feuding over alleged witness tampering…

Testimony on stolen patent deals huge blow to Qualcomm’s San Diego infringement case against Apple

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:01 pmTuesday, March 12, 20195 Comments

The ongoing Qualcomm v. Apple patent infringement trial in San Diego…

Former Apple engineer says Qualcomm tech was his idea but doesn’t claim inventor status

Monday, March 11, 2019 5:40 pmTuesday, March 12, 20198 Comments

A former Apple engineer testified Monday that some of his ideas are at the heart of a contentious…

Apple loses star witness Arjuna Siva in Qualcomm trial

Thursday, March 7, 2019 2:01 pmThursday, March 7, 20194 Comments

Apple said Thursday that its star witness in a patent trial against Qualcomm doesn’t intend to appear…

Apple says Qualcomm stole idea for smartphone boot-up tech from engineer

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 2:32 pmTuesday, March 5, 20194 Comments

Apple and Qualcomm kicked off the latest chapter in a long-running legal battle…

The Qualcomm v. Apple patent jury won’t get these simple, brutally honest instructions

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 1:28 pmTuesday, March 5, 20194 Comments

Obviously, the jury will get nonjudgmental instructions in accordance with the law from Judge Dana M. Sabraw, but…

Qualcomm puts value of its patent portfolio on line in Apple jury trial

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 8:25 amMonday, March 4, 20193 Comments

Qualcomm Inc. is putting the value of its patent portfolio on the line in a California courtroom…

Qualcomm launches patent challenge to Apple ahead of antitrust case

Monday, March 4, 2019 8:28 amMonday, March 4, 20192 Comments

Qualcomm Inc on Monday kicks off a patent challenge to Apple Inc, capping off a two-year legal strategy…

Patently absurd: Qualcomm charges a 5% wireless patent royalty on iPhone repairs

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 5:00 pmTuesday, February 26, 20197 Comments

One of the best examples of hidden costs that we — the consumers — don’t know about, but who are the ones who have to foot the bill…

German court stays Qualcomm patent infringement suit against Apple; patent-in-suit likely invalid

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:26 amTuesday, February 26, 20192 Comments

The real showdown between Apple and Qualcomm will take place in San Diego starting April 15…

Apple’s workaround for German fake injunction exacerbates Qualcomm’s antitrust woes

Thursday, February 14, 2019 10:12 am1 Comment

At the end of my shareholder-value-focused analysis of Qualcomm’s $1.5 billion deposit…

Apple resumes selling iPhones in Germany, but with only Qualcomm modems

Thursday, February 14, 2019 8:31 am5 Comments

Apple said it had “no choice” but to stop using some chips from Intel Corp in iPhones headed to Germany…

South Korean Supreme Court upholds $242 million antitrust judgement against Qualcomm

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 10:10 am11 Comments

US chipmaker Qualcomm has lost a lawsuit over unfair practices to maintain a monopoly in mobile communications chips…

Bad news piles up for Qualcomm in Apple dispute

Sunday, February 10, 2019 11:44 am29 Comments

A few months after Apple sued Qualcomm two years ago, the chipmaker started a patent enforcement campaign…

Apple wins damages ruling against Qualcomm

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:26 pm6 Comments

Apple Inc. narrowed the potential damages Qualcomm Inc. can seek over alleged patent infringement…

Qualcomm demands Munich court fine Apple for continuing to sell iPhones after ban

Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:55 pmThursday, January 31, 20194 Comments

Qualcomm Inc. is escalating its patent fight with Apple Inc. by asking a Munich court…

Four Qualcomm patent suits against Apple dismissed by Munich court, four others in zombie mode

Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:15 pmThursday, January 31, 20195 Comments

This last day of January 2019 dealt another setback…

U.S. FTC: Evidence is ‘overwhelming’ that Qualcomm engaged in exclusionary, anticompetitive conduct

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 5:01 pmWednesday, January 30, 20192 Comments

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday said that the evidence against Qualcomm in the antitrust trial…

Leaked emails reveal new reason why Apple went to war with Qualcomm

Friday, January 18, 2019 3:44 pmFriday, January 18, 20197 Comments

The FTC argues that Qualcomm won’t sell chips if customers don’t also pay hefty licensing fees…

Apple, Intel persuade U.S. Patent Office to enter Qualcomm fight

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 1:23 pm1 Comment

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided to wade into a global licensing battle…

Apple’s COO Jeff Williams delivers blistering testimony on Qualcomm’s ‘onerous demands’

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:27 pm4 Comments

Court testimony from Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams has laid out that Qualcomm…

Apple was paying Qualcomm over $1 billion per year in licensing

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 2:01 pmTuesday, January 15, 2019No Comments

It’s now been almost two years since Apple and the Federal Trade Commission…

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