Qualcomm gets judgment against US antitrust claims over chip licensing affirmed
( February 25, 2025, 17:26 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Qualcomm doesn’t have to face claims that it broke antitrust law through a “no license, no chips” policy with smartphone makers, according to a decision by a US appeals court. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partly affirmed a summary judgment against consumers’ claims. It concluded California’s Cartwright Act didn’t depart from the Sherman Act to undercut a previous holding that the policy didn’t impose an anticompetitive surcharge on rivals’ modem chip sales.See attached file. ...
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