Apple and Qualcomm squared off in a San Deigo courtroom yesterday in what many thought would be a protracted trial. Inexplicably nonetheless they have agreed to settle all of their ongoing litigation worldwide.
Apple and Qualcomm squared off in a San Deigo courtroom yesterday in what many thought would be a protracted trial. Inexplicably nonetheless they have agreed to settle all of their ongoing litigation worldwide.
The battle started two years ago when Apple accused Qualcomm of using their patents for extortion. Qualcomm typically doesn’t allow customers to buy their chips unless they license their patent portfolio first. Apple argued that Qualcomm was using its position as market leader in mobile chipsets to charge unreasonably high fees to license those patents.
Qualcomm countered Apple, accusing them of patent infringement as well as stealing trade secrets and giving them to Intel.
