San Diego-based Qualcomm has reportedly escalated its fight with Apple by asking a federal trade agency to ban imports of iPhones.
Bloomberg News is reporting that Qualcomm is preparing to ask the International Trade Commission to halt imports of the iPhone, which is built in Asia, in advance of the iPhone 8 release.
Apple has stopped paying Qualcomm royalties on chips that use its proprietary technology, suing Qualcomm for $1 billion. Apple claims that the San Diego wireless company is seeking excessively high licensing fees.
Qualcomm holds patents for technology inside almost every smartphone sold, and charges manufactures about 5 percent of each device’s retail price
— From Staff and Wire Reports
