Ftc Complaint Alleges Qualcomm Forced Apple To Use Its Baseband Chips For Lower Patent Royalities U
Update: Qualcomm has aggressively responded to the complaint, effectively alleging that the FTC doesn’t understand the industry it regulates. Qualcomm is the target of a new Federal Trade Commission complaint filed today involving Apple. The FTC claims Qualcomm engaged in anti-competitive practices that helped it monopolize the market of a “key semiconductor device” used in products including iPhones and iPads. Qualcomm believes the complaint is based on a flawed legal theory, a lack of economic support and significant misconceptions about the mobile technology industry […] Qualcomm has never withheld or threatened to withhold chip supply in order to obtain agreement to unfair or unreasonable licensing terms....