US court says Qualcomm must share essential patents with its competitors

Patents are as often the source of lawsuits as they are protectors of intellectual properties. Companies fight tooth and nail to keep their most precious patents, but sometimes it’s not entirely up to them. It appears that Qualcomm might be forced to share some of its patents, according to a recent federal court ruling reported by the Verge.

The ruling is just a preliminary one and it’s only a small part of a large scope lawsuit against Qualcomm filed by the Federal Trade Commission in 2017. The lawsuit is meant to determine if Qualcomm leveraged its intellectual assets to keep its ...