Tag: Qualcomm
ITC Again Recommends Exclusion Based on a Patent Likely to be Found Invalid
International Trade Commission (ITC) Administrative Law Judge McNamara issued a Notice of Issuance of Initial Determination today, explaining that, based on a complaint from Qualcomm, she had found th...
Reports of Qualcomm’s Imminent Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Last week, the first patent jury trial between Qualcomm and Apple concluded, with the jury deciding that Apple had infringed three Qualcomm patents and awarding Qualcomm damages. Outside of Qual...
Don’t Buy Into Qualcomm’s Attempts To Distract From Its Anti-Competitive Behavior
There’s been a lot of discussion about Qualcomm’s recent Chinese injunction against Apple. But that’s a distraction—the real story is, and remains, the trio of lawsuits against Qualcomm for ...
ITC Review of Qualcomm-Apple Decision Is Normal Practice
Last week, the International Trade Commission (ITC) decided to review the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the Qualcomm v. Apple case at the ITC. Unfortunately, news reports have ch...
CCIA Files Additional Comments In Qualcomm ITC Case
Last June, CCIA filed comments on the public interest issues implicated by Qualcomm’s ITC complaint against Apple. (The ITC is required to take into account whether the public interest would be ha...
Qualcomm Has Been Violating Its Obligation To License Competitors For Years
Today, Judge Koh issued an important ruling in the FTC v. Qualcomm litigation centered on Qualcomm’s anti-competitive trade practices. Ruling on a motion for partial summary judgment, Judge Koh de...
ITC: No Public Interest In Excluding Qualcomm Competitors
Over a year ago, I filed comments at the International Trade Commission (ITC). Those comments explained why it went against the public interest to exclude Qualcomm’s competitors products from the ...
CCIA, ACT File Amicus Brief In FTC v. Qualcomm
Yesterday, CCIA and ACT filed an amicus brief in the FTC’s case against Qualcomm in the Northern District of California. As explained in the brief, the FRAND obligation which patent owners volunta...
Qualcomm’s Settlement With Taiwanese FTC Ignores Broken Promises
Last week Qualcomm reached an agreement with the Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission (TFTC), overturning the $778 million penalty the TFTC levied in October. Qualcomm promised to invest $700 million in ...