Qualcomm seeks injunction against Apple in ongoing brawl
Qualcomm has requested an injunction in the latest development of the legal battle between the semiconductor company and Apple.
On Friday, July 14, Qualcomm filed its request at the US District Court for the Southern District of California, asking the court to order Apple to dismiss or stay all foreign actions against Qualcomm or its subsidiaries.
Apple has sued the semiconductor company in China, Japan, Taiwan, and the UK.
Qualcomm also asked the court to prevent Apple from initiating additional duplicative foreign actions against Qualcomm during the pendency of the US dispute.
It claimed that the injunction was warranted because the US action will dispose of the issues in the foreign cases and that Apple’s foreign actions are “vexatious and oppressive, and prejudice multiple equitable considerations”.
Apple sued Qualcomm in the US in January this year, accusing the company of abusing its monopoly in the mobile device market to gain unfair royalties from Apple’s inventions.
Qualcomm counterclaimed in April, saying that “Apple cannot credibly contest the value of Qualcomm’s patent portfolio, as hundreds of licensees—including the companies that manufacture Apple’s cellular devices—have consistently paid royalties reflecting that value to Qualcomm for years”.
Two months later, in June, Apple filed an amended complaint which sought to have 18 patents registered by Qualcomm invalidated.
The brawl continued to escalate in July, when Qualcomm filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, alleging that Apple infringed six of its patents in the iPhone model and requesting a ban on imports.
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