According to the news on March 27, according to the preliminary ruling results of a patent case between apple and Qualcomm issued by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) this week, the result shows that Apple webmaster's home, douwan.com, infringed two patents of Qualcomm, but Apple won temporarily in another patent dispute. What's going on in the patent war between apple and Qualcomm? Let's see the details of Apple's patent war.
Apple infringed two patents of Qualcomm, involving power management and data download speed, respectively. However, apple won the ruling on the patent of battery power saving function of Qualcomm temporarily.
Apple's statement is as follows:
The patent battle between Qualcomm and apple continues, with a U.S. judge ruling that certain iPhone models infringe on the company's patents.
The decision of the ITC judge means that the judge recommends a ban on the import of certain iPhone models, but the decision may have to be reviewed by a committee of the whole Council before the ban takes effect. The ban is unlikely to affect the latest models, such as the iPhone XS and iPhone XR.
According to apple, iPhone products made in China and equipped with Intel chips will not be affected by the import ban for the time being.
Also before that, apple faced an import ban in China. In this case, Apple quickly released a software update to replace the background closing screen action, avoiding the patent claims.
In Europe, apple is also facing the threat of a sales ban. Apple has been asked to take off the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 series models from Germany, and apple is also fighting for a lawsuit in Germany.
The patent dispute between apple and Qualcomm began with the iPhone 7 series, because Apple began to invest in Intel baseband chips, and no longer used the baseband chips of Qualcomm in all the three mobile phones launched in 2018. It wanted to get rid of Qualcomm on baseband chips, which made the patent contradiction between apple and Qualcomm continue to rise.