#apple continues antitrust fight with Qualcomm with two new lawsuits
January 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Apple is continuing its legal assault on Qualcomm with two new lawsuits filed today in Beijing.
In the first lawsuit, Apple is seeking 1 billion yuan (over $145 million USD), according to Reuters, claiming that Qualcomm violated China’s anti-monopoly law and harmed it by abusing the company’s market position as a dominant chip supplier.
Details are slim right now, but it’s likely that this is an extension of the recent lawsuits against Qualcomm in the US, which claim that Qualcomm has been using its position to extort undeservedly high patent licensing fees.
There’s also a second lawsuit that specifically focuses on patent deals, with Apple asking for the court to rule on the terms of a…
