According to a report he just published Bloomerg, we return with him Apple-Qualcomm affair: Apple has again sued the almighty Qualcomm about the same patent dispute in which it has been immersed for several months.
Due to the abusive practices carried out by the US company for unfair competition in matters of patents and royalties owed to the Cupertino-based company, it has sued Qualcomm again, this time in the British Isles.
As we know, Apple sued at the end of January Qualcomm per billion $ in your country of provenance. However, the different lawsuits and lawsuits are expanding throughout the globe, because the abusive practices carried out affected the rest of the markets. Among others, they currently have processes open for this same case in China and also in Australia.
The main allegation by the apple company is the abusive practices that have caused Apple do not "play by the same rules of the game" as the rest of your competitors, seriously damaging their interests. In this way, Apple ensured that Qualcomm infringes existing antitrust law in each and every country with open lawsuits.
“Qualcomm has built its business on old, outdated standards, and also strengthens its dominance through exclusionary tactics and excessive royalties. "
Even Tim Cook showed his position on this case, proposing an agile communication channel and supporting an agreement between both companies, although he assured that it did not seem an easy matter to resolve. When asked a few months ago about this topic, Cook defined it as follows:
"It's like buying a sofa, and That they charge you the price of this according to the base price of the house where you are going to put it. From our point of view, it doesn't make sense. "
