October 12, 2018
Qualcomm Inc. must license its patented cellphone components under its obligations with standard-setting groups, contrary to arguments Nokia made backing Qualcomm in an ongoing antitrust suit, the Federal Trade Commission told a California federal judge Thursday.
October 04, 2018
Cellular standard-essential patent practices have "never" required SEP holders to license that technology at the component level rather than the final product, Nokia said Wednesday in seeking to back Qualcomm against a Federal Trade Commission effort to require just that amid an antitrust suit in California federal court.
September 25, 2018
Qualcomm told a California federal court on Monday that the company is not obligated to license chips to rival chipmakers under its standard essential patents, arguing that the ruling the Federal Trade Commission is requesting "would radically reshape licensing in the cellular industry."
September 21, 2018
A pair of industry groups representing technology companies have thrown their support behind the Federal Trade Commission's bid for a ruling in California federal court that Qualcomm is required to license its standard essential patents to rival chipmakers.
August 31, 2018
The Federal Trade Commission pressed ahead with its challenge of Qualcomm's licensing practices on Thursday, asking a California federal court to find that the company is required to license its standard essential patents to rival chipmakers through promises it made with the organizations that adopted them.
June 28, 2018
Smartphone consumers urged a California federal judge Thursday to prevent Qualcomm's attempt to force Apple to only import iPhones with Qualcomm chipsets, saying the chipmaker must face their antitrust multidistrict litigation over its patent licensing practices first.
May 24, 2018
The Federal Trade Commission won't be able to get access to Qualcomm's internal patent database because the ratings there are subject to attorney-client privilege, a California federal judge said, dealing a blow to the agency's litigation over the chipmaker's patent-licensing practices.
March 27, 2018
A California federal judge on Monday said Qualcomm Inc. does not have to turn over an unredacted version of the European Commission decision leveling it with a massive fine for abuse of dominance, as the chipmaker fights multidistrict litigation over its patent licensing practices.
March 09, 2018
Qualcomm Inc. will get access to a confidential agreement between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. after a California federal judge overseeing an antitrust suit over the chipmaker's patent licensing practices on Thursday ruled the document isn't protected by the work-product doctrine because the signatories aren't parties to the case.
March 07, 2018
A California federal judge overseeing the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit over Qualcomm's patent licensing practices said Wednesday a confidential agreement between Samsung and Apple appears relevant to Qualcomm's defense, but those companies urged the judge to find the document is protected under the work-product doctrine.