Qualcomm Is Trying To Get The Sale Of iPhones Banned In The US, Over A Patent Dispute Battle
The two companies have been embroiled in two separate patent cases for months.
In the bit of escalation in a long-standing legal battle with Apple, chip maker Qualcomm is petitioning the US government to ban the entry of new iPhones in the country. In addition, it also wants new iPhone already in the US to be banned from selling.
Qualcomm has previously claimed that Apple violated six of its patents related to improving smartphone battery life. According to the company, none of these patents define a standard of requirement, so they aren¡¯t obliged to license them.
Qualcomm has filed a lawsuit with both the US International Trade Commission and the US district court in southern California, where the two companies are already embroiled in two other patent dispute cases.
¡°Qualcomm¡¯s inventions are at the heart of every iPhone and extend well beyond modem technologies or cellular standards,¡± Qualcomm¡¯s legal counsel Don Rosenberg said in a statement. ¡°Apple continues to use Qualcomm¡¯s technology while refusing to pay for it.¡±
Apple, for it¡¯s own part, has in the past accused Qualcomm of abusing its position as a market leader for LTE modems, and charging high fees for the use of those patents. Those licenses are required to be reasonably priced however, as LTE is an international standard, unlike the current case Qualcomm has filed.
