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| Qualcomm insists it does not play monopoly While we have a monopoly we do not abuse it Qualcomm has been telling a US judge how it does not abuse its monopoly in the smartphone chip business. The company, represented by attorney Thomas Goldstein of the firm Goldstein & Russell, appeared before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in downtown San Francisco, hoping to overturn a ruling by a district court judge that declared it to be a monopoly and ordered it to renegotiate its licensing contracts. Qualcomm during the hearing didn't dispute that it has a monopoly in 3G and 4G LTE chips. But it maintains that it didn't wield that power to harm competition. Goldstein said that nothing had gone wrong in the competitive process and Qualcomm's business practices could be an issue of contract violations but not an antitrust issue. The US Federal Trade Commission, meanwhile, tried to make it clear how Qualcomm's "no license, no chip" policy undercut rivals and caused handset makers to shift business to Qualcomm. Brian Fletcher, an attorney who teaches at Stanford University, spoke for the FTC. He said Qualcomm is making it harder for competitors not because its policies have meant lower chip prices but "because it's demanding customers pay Qualcomm even when they decide to buy from rival suppliers. https://fudzilla.com/news/50306-qual...-play-monopoly |
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