{"id":60350,"date":"2018-11-06T21:50:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T21:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/11\/06\/qualcomm-must-license-modem-tech-to-rivals-like-intel-court-rules"},"modified":"2018-11-06T21:50:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T21:50:39","slug":"qualcomm-must-license-modem-tech-to-rivals-like-intel-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/qualcomm-must-license-modem-tech-to-rivals-like-intel-court-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm must license modem tech to rivals like Intel, court rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Roger Fingas<\/a>
Tuesday, November 06, 2018, 01:50 pm PT (04:50 pm ET)<\/span> <\/p>\n

Denying a motion to delay court proceedings while settlement talks are ongoing, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Tuesday issued a preliminary ruling against Qualcomm in the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit.
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Qualcomm must license some of the patents it holds for smartphone modems to firms like Intel, Koh ruled<\/a> according to Reuters<\/em>. The company is accused of forcing companies like Apple to buy its wireless chips in exchange for better patent royalty rates. <\/p>\n

In fact Apple was in an exclusive modem supply arrangement with Qualcomm for several years, but started mixing in Intel chips with 2016’s iPhone 7, and is now Intel-only with the iPhone XS and XR.<\/p>\n

The FTC case<\/a> is related to an Apple action dating back to January 2017. Apple filed a $1 billion lawsuit<\/a> shortly thereafter, marking the beginning of a global legal war, compounded by actions from various government bodies and Qualcomm accusations that Apple handed trade secrets to Intel<\/a> to improve chip performance.<\/p>\n

In August, Qualcomm reached a settlement with Taiwanese antitrust regulators, avoiding a $773 million fine in exchange for paying $93 million and investing $700 million in the country over the course of five years. It has also made deals with parties like Samsung, which like Apple is a major phone customer.<\/p>\n

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