March 12, 2019
Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. took dueling positions Tuesday on whether the jury in their upcoming multibillion-dollar antitrust trial should render advisory opinions on some issues, with Apple saying it will increase efficiency and Qualcomm calling it a needless burden on jurors.
March 11, 2019
As next month's trial for Apple's antitrust suit against Qualcomm in California federal court draws near, the two sides are at odds over how and when to decide which of the 6,000 potential trial exhibits will be shielded from public view.
March 08, 2019
Qualcomm Inc. lost its push for new deadlines on Friday, ahead of a trial slated to kick off next month with Apple and its contract manufacturers over licensing fees and patents, after Apple told the California federal court there's no dispute over pretrial exchanges.
March 06, 2019
Qualcomm told a California federal judge on Tuesday that Apple and its contract manufacturers have not kept to an agreed-upon schedule in the dispute over patents and licensing fees headed for trial next month, asking for an order setting additional interim deadlines.
January 23, 2019
Apple urged a California federal judge Tuesday not to give Qualcomm extra time in front of a jury to defend against allegations of overcharging for patent licensing fees, arguing that the chipmaker's initial request for additional time was rejected and no new reasons are being offered for reviving the request.
January 17, 2019
Qualcomm needs an extra day before the jury to defend itself against Apple's allegations that it has been overcharging for patent licensing fees, the chipmaker told a California federal judge Wednesday.
January 01, 2019
California attorneys will see the news cycle converge with the courtroom in 2019, as women take their fight for workplace equality to the halls of BigLaw; the Golden State battles it out with President Donald Trump over immigration and the environment; Apple fights its latest epic IP war; and cryptocurrency begins to reckon with federal securities law.
December 19, 2018
Apple Inc. lost a bid to claw back documents it said were mistakenly disclosed during the discovery phase of a patent suit against competitor Qualcomm Inc., when a California federal judge upheld a magistrate's ruling that the company had waived its right to keep the documents private.
November 21, 2018
Qualcomm has convinced a California federal judge to trim certain patent-related claims by Apple in the pair's ongoing legal brawl, with the judge finding that Apple failed to show that the court still has jurisdiction over the claims in light of the chipmaker's recent covenant not to sue over the patents at issue.
November 02, 2018
A magistrate judge rightly rejected Apple's request to claw back dozens of documents purportedly produced in error, Qualcomm said in a recent brief contesting Apple's attempt to convince a California federal judge presiding over the companies' patent dispute to rethink that refusal.