The patent licensing dispute between Apple and Qualcomm has continued for a year. Patent infringement, anti-monopoly and other tricks have already been used again. However, both parties have absolutely no meaning to die. Now, even things like kickbacks have been exploded, and Apple has He also received a ticket.
It is reported that Qualcomm has promised to Apple that as long as the iPhone only uses Qualcomm baseband, it can reduce the patent fee to Apple, and it will also give a lot of rebates (the number of rumored rumors of billions of dollars), which makes the two sides by the Federal Trade Commission Prosecution of anti-competitive conduct.
On December 16, Apple failed to hand over the documents requested by the committee and was ordered to pay a $25,000 fine each day until relevant information was available.
Prosecutors believe that Apple hides the relevant documents, but Apple spokesperson Josh Rosenstock denies this statement. He said to Bloomberg: "We have produced millions of documents for the case and are working hard to step up. The job is to provide more requested data files in a very short period of time, and it is unfair to fine us now, so we plan to appeal this decision."
It is reported that because the rebate mentioned above is a "cooperation" proposed by Qualcomm, this prosecution is actually unfavorable to Qualcomm. Therefore, if Apple can't give relevant information, people can't understand it. After all, this can make it higher. Evidence of bitterness! What ulterior secret may be behind you?
Now Apple is required to submit the relevant documents by December 29th, otherwise it will face more serious fines, but the daily fine of 25,000 US dollars is irrelevant to Apple, so this matter may still be a long time.