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Qualcomm Seeks China iPhone Ban, Escalating Apple Legal Fight (bloomberg.com)
Qualcomm filed lawsuits in China seeking to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones in the country, the chipmaker's biggest shot at Apple so far in a sprawling and bitter legal fight. From a report: The San Diego-based company aims to inflict pain on Apple in the world's largest market for smartphones and cut off production in a country where most iPhones are made. The product provides almost two-thirds of Apple's revenue. Qualcomm filed the suits in a Beijing intellectual property court claiming patent infringement and seeking injunctive relief, according to Christine Trimble, a company spokeswoman. "Apple employs technologies invented by Qualcomm without paying for them," Trimble said. An Apple spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. Qualcomm's suits are based on three non-standard essential patents, it said. They cover power management and a touch-screen technology called Force Touch that Apple uses in current iPhones, Qualcomm said. The inventions "are a few examples of the many Qualcomm technologies that Apple uses to improve its devices and increase its profits," Trimble said. The company made the filings at the Beijing court on Sept. 29. The court has not yet made them public.
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[ ] Apple is teh suck
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Exposing their double dipping might have disastrous consequences in China. After all, invalidating their patents could allow a myriad of copycat chips to be made.
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Apple has always had a tentative nature with its 3rd party supplier. As a 3rd party supplier you can make a ton of money off of Apple... However if you don't or can't give them a deal that they feel they deserve, they will drop you in heartbeat, even if you though you had a firm grasp in their market with all the vendor lock in tricks you can come up with.
Apple very successfully had moved its Mac systems from Motorola to PowerPC to Intel. Their business is designed not to be dependent on 3rd party providers.
Apple is also a company that is good at compartmentalizing its relations with other companies, Apple can be your best partner and strongest ruthless competition at the same time.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
and as it stands, their devices are absolutely infringing and should be banned.
As what stands? What court has made this determination and where is the ruling? Just because Qualcomm alleges something does not make it true.