Qualcomm's antitrust lawsuit set aside by appeal courts

Stefan Mileschin · 13th August 2020, 04:58

Injuction quashed

A US appeals court reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission.

The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals also vacated an injunction that would have required Qualcomm to change its intellectual property licensing practices.

The decision amounted to a near complete victory for Qualcomm which was fighting a May 2019 decision by US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California. That judge sided with antitrust regulators, writing that Qualcomm's practice of requiring phone makers to sign a patent licence agreement before selling them chips "strangled competition" and harmed consumers.

https://fudzilla.com/news/51332-qual...-appeal-courts

13th August 2020, 04:58	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,802	Qualcomm's antitrust lawsuit set aside by appeal courts Injuction quashed A US appeals court reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals also vacated an injunction that would have required Qualcomm to change its intellectual property licensing practices. The decision amounted to a near complete victory for Qualcomm which was fighting a May 2019 decision by US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California. That judge sided with antitrust regulators, writing that Qualcomm's practice of requiring phone makers to sign a patent licence agreement before selling them chips "strangled competition" and harmed consumers. https://fudzilla.com/news/51332-qual...-appeal-courts

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