Qualcomm hits back at lobbying group in iPhone import battle
Qualcomm has hit back at claims by a lobbying group that a requested ban on iPhone imports would hurt consumers, by accusing the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) of “misdirecting regulators”.
The CCIA last week filed comments urging the International Trade Commission (ITC) to reject Qualcomm’s request to ban imports of iPhones over Apple’s alleged unauthorised use of six Qualcomm patents.
The group warned that a ban would “drive up prices on consumer devices” and risk the “principle of open competition”.
However Qualcomm hit back at the CCIA, which represents companies including Samsung and Google, in a filing with the ITC yesterday, July 25.
It claimed the group had ignored “the statutory public interest factors as well as the purpose of patent laws to protect against infringement”.
“There is simply no basis for the commission to take the unwarranted step of declining to institute Qualcomm’s well-pleaded complaint, nor for delegating public interest issues,” it added.
Qualcomm requested a ban on iPhone imports in July after the alleged infringement of six of its patents relating to technologies that extend battery life while also boosting performance.
The tussle between the two companies began in January, when Apple sued Qualcomm for approximately $1 billion, accusing it of “charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with”.
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