Qualcomm said it filed two separate legal actions including a complaint asking for the iPhone import ban with the US International Trade Commission, a quasi-judicial government agency which hears cases involving trade disputes. The chipmaker also filed a complaint against Apple in the US District Court for Southern California seeking damages from the same patent infringement allegations. Responding to the latest legal actions, Apple repeated its allegations against Qualcomm. Qualcomm responded in April that Apple had been providing "false and misleading information" to antitrust authorities in an effort to reduce its royalty payments to Qualcomm. The iPhone maker relies on Qualcomm for chip-based modems that enable its devices to communicate with telecommunications networks.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 06, 2017 21:56 UTC