In its intellectual property dispute, Qualcomm filed an application with the ITC against Apple. The green light has just been given to conduct an investigation.
Since the beginning of the year, Apple and its supplier of cellular modems and mobile technologies Qualcomm are at war on the payment of license fees for patents used in the iPhone.
Complaints have been filed with federal courts but Qualcomm has also filed an application with the ITC (International Trade Commission) to secure the blocking of sales of iPhone incriminated on US soil.
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In this type of case, recourse to ITC is frequent because it generally allows a faster decision, with a specific threat to the economic activity of the adversary.
The Commission still felt that the case was sufficiently serious and documented to launch an investigation. The green light has just been obtained and will allow Qualcomm's grievance procedure to be triggered before a decision is rendered "as soon as possible", which will be shorter than a court decision after trial.
The objective of this maneuver is to add pressure to force negotiation on license fees. Apple is demanding a review of amounts deemed abusive that Qualcomm refuses to lower, as patents do not fall within the FRAND (Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory) framework that characterizes essential standards.
Qualcomm's request to the ITC is aimed particularly at the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus embedding a 4G Intel modem, which became a supplier of some of the modems of Apple's mobile devices in 2016.
Source : Reuters
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