As we well know, for a year the Cupertino company has been in dispute with Qualcomm for the collection of a series of royalties that according to Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), they do not belong to Qualcomm therefore they should stop paying you. Other manufacturers also joined this request and certain doubts began to arise about the chipmaker's business.
The judge has decided not to admit a series of counterclaims filed by Qualcomm against Apple in relation to the patents that are intended to be invalidated. Here's how once again Qualcomm's legal team demonstrates uncommon ineptitude for a company of this caliber.
This means that in the huge case with several partitions that Apple is raising against Qualcomm and vice versa, it will not be possible to deal with the patents that Apple has requested invalidation, or at least it will only be possible to determine whether these patents they are annulled or not, but in no case about the claimed economic differences, that is, Qualcomm has a lot to lose and absolutely nothing to gain from this paralyzed business. This is just the first of many battles Apple and Qualcomm have in court.
Meanwhile, Apple continues to fight not to have to pay Qualcomm royalties for certain patents, or at least pay royalties that are not excessive, and that is because the manufacturer has charged much less to other companies, thus taking advantage of the exclusivity contracts it had. with Apple and other big manufacturers, treating the Cupertino company like the goose that lays the golden eggs. Nevertheless, This has only just begun and everything indicates that it will go for a long timeAs already happened in its day in the Apple VS Samsung war, now it will be time to closely monitor the issue against Samsung.