{"id":26607,"date":"2017-04-11T12:19:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=26607"},"modified":"2017-04-11T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:19:21","slug":"qualcomm-hits-back-apple-lawsuit-accuses-iphone-maker-false-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/qualcomm-hits-back-apple-lawsuit-accuses-iphone-maker-false-statements.html","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm hits back at Apple\u00a0lawsuit, accuses iPhone maker of false statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Qualcomm hits back at Apple&nbsp;lawsuit, accuses iPhone maker of false statements<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Qualcomm hits back at Apple&nbsp;lawsuit, accuses iPhone maker of false statements:- Qualcomm Inc hit back at Apple Inc&#39;s charges that were made in a U.S. lawsuit in January, saying the iPhone maker breached agreements with the firm and encouraged regulatory attacks on its business in various jurisdictions around the world by making false statements.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Apple had filed the lawsuit accusing Qualcomm of overcharging for chips and refusing to pay some $1 billion in promised rebates. The lawsuit came days after the U.S. government accused the chipmaker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key semiconductors in mobile phones.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It (Apple) has launched a global attack on Qualcomm and is attempting to use its enormous market power to coerce unfair and unreasonable license terms from Qualcomm,&quot; the chipmaker said in a statement on Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Qualcomm filed counterclaims to Apple&#39;s lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The chipmaker said in the statement that Apple interfered in its agreements with licensees that manufacture iPhones and iPads.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Qualcomm also said Apple threatened it in an attempt to prevent it from making any public comparisons about the superior performance of the Qualcomm-powered iPhones, and misrepresented performance differences between iPhones using Qualcomm modems and those using competitor-supplied modems.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Responding to the chipmaker&#39;s statement, Apple said it is reiterating its comments made in January that Qualcomm had overcharged royalties and gained from Apple&#39;s technologies not related to Qualcomm&#39;s patents.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Apple also filed in January a lawsuit against Qualcomm in Beijing, alleging the chip supplier abused its clout in the chip industry and seeking 1 billion yuan ($145.32 million) in damages, according to Beijing&#39;s Intellectual Property Court.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-apple-lawsuit-qualcomm-idUSKBN17D0JS<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = 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