Submitted by One of the key points of this case is that “In numerous cases Qualcomm threatened with a disruption of chipset supplies unless OEMs accepted its patent licensing terms, and there were various agreements under which OEMs paid a higher patent royalty when using third-party modem chips than Qualcomm’s products.”
The judge found that “Qualcomm’s licensing practices have strangled competition in the CDMA and premium LTE modem chip markets for years, and harmed rivals, OEMs, and end consumers in the process.”
As a remedy, Qualcomm is ordered to take several steps which will reduce the amount of power it holds over its customers and will need to renegotiate new license terms without the threats that had accompanied previous negotiations.
“The judge found that “Qualcomm’s licensing practices have strangled competition […] for years, and harmed rivals, OEMs, and end consumers in the process.” -> “As a remedy, Qualcomm is ordered to take several steps which will reduce the amount of power it holds over its customers”
Boohoo wrist slap…
But all the money gained from these practices are long gone into shareholders’ pockets. Please continue as usual, don’t put US companies in jeopardy with regulation, just prevent Huawei from competition on the American’s market.
The entire premise of this “american” company is false. It merged with omninet (german company) that owns qualcomm holdings that in turn holds 78% of the stock of qualcomm. So it iz basicly a german company even though it is headquartered in silicon valley as of now.