Let. There. Be. Lawyers... The SD-based chip company Qualcomm just won a major court ruling that Apple's illegally used its tech in iPhones. Without paying for it. At all. The Qualcomm/Apple relationship's been awkward since Apple left it for Intel a few years back.
Reminds us of Pied Piper... The algorithmic thing from TV's Silicon Valley is freakishly similar to what Qualcomm's patented. Nobody understands it, but it makes tech work better. And Apple's guilty of using Qualcomm's "inventions" that speed downloads. The judge's rec? A ban on selling iPhone 7 and 7 Plus (and maybe more).
Qualcomm's patent trolling Apple hard... This is the third major ruling in favor of Qualcomm, as China and Germany already said Apple did Qualcomm wrong. There are 2 ways to look at this:
- Apple's take: Qualcomm's "taxing innovation" by unfairly suing any smartphone maker that doesn't use its chips.
- Qualcomm's take: Apple stole its fancy tech and gave it to Intel so it could save money.
We let the judges judge.