Intel doesn’t often participate in public spats with competitors and even when the company does decide to be vocal on a particular topic, it usually won’t name any competitors outright. In one of its latest News Bytes, however, written by executive vice president and general counsel of Intel Corp., Steven R. Rodgers, Intel lambastes Qualcomm and goes so far as to call it an “unlawful “no license, no chips” regime”. Qualcomm is entangled in patent litigation with a number of companies around the globe, including Intel and Apple, claiming many of those companies could not have produced their wireless products without having infringed on Qualcomm’s patents. He also mentions that Qualcomm has been found in violation of Japanese competition laws and that the U.S. is currently going after Qualcomm for potential antitrust violations. This, Rodgers claims, is the basis of the “no license, no chips” maneuver that has landed Qualcomm in hot water in a few countries.

Source: Forbes September 29, 2018 20:48 UTC