Taking its legal fight against the US chip-maker Qualcomm global, Apple has filed two complaints in Chinese courts alleging that Qualcomm’s patent-licensing practices amount to extortion. The move comes days after Apple sued Qualcomm for nearly $1 billion over royalties, with Cupertino-based tech giant alleging the wireless chipmaker did not give fair licensing terms for its processor technology. However, Qualcomm said it had not seen the Chinese complaints but learned about them from a Beijing Intellectual Property Court news release. “Qualcomm offered a patent license to Apple for Chinese sales with terms similar to those of the settlement. Even though Apple has sued Qualcomm, the US chip-maker reportedly does not intend to stop doing business with the iPhone maker.

Source: Hindustan Times January 26, 2017 11:22 UTC