Jury Finds Apple Owes Qualcomm 31 Million USD

2019/04/09

 

Qualcomm secured a victory in the latest skirmish of its long-running fight with Apple late on Friday, March 15, with a jury finding that Apple had infringed three patents. The US District Court for the Southern District of California jury concluded that Apple owes semiconductor company Qualcomm around 31.6 million USD for the infringement of US patent numbers 8,838,949; 8,633,936; and 9,535,490. During the trial, Qualcomm asked the jury to award it royalties of up to 1.41 USD per infringing iPhone. The jury followed this, awarding a royalty for the '936 patent of 0.55 USD per unit; a royalty for the '490 patent of 0.42 USD per unit; and a royalty for the '949 patent of 0.44 USD per unit. In early 2017, Apple accused the semiconductor company of abusing its monopoly power to gain unfair royalties from Apple's inventions and claimed that it had been overcharged billions of dollars by Qualcomm. Qualcomm responded with a counterclaim in April 2017, alleging that Apple had attempted to force Qualcomm to accept "less than fair value" for its IP. Since then, numerous cases between the pair have appeared on court's rosters throughout the world. In December last year, a court in China issued injunctions against Apple after finding older iPhone models violate two Qualcomm patents. In the same month, Qualcomm was granted an injunction banning the sales of some iPhone models in Germany.

Source: www.worldipreview.com