Wednesday 26 December 2018

LG joins Korean antitrust suit against Qualcomm, replacing Samsung

While Qualcomm has made some noise in obtaining a preliminary sales ban against the sale of older Apple iPhone models in China, and possibly a ban against such sales in Germany, we should remind you that the company also is a defendant in a number of suits brought by Apple and the U.S. government. In fact, the FTC v. Qualcomm kicks off on January 4th in front of Judge Lucy Koh.

In Korea, Qualcomm is also in the hot seat. Two years ago, the Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) fined the chip maker the equivalent of $915 million for patent abuse. Qualcomm refused to accept ...

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