April 02, 2024
Qualcomm is urging the Ninth Circuit to assign an appeal from phone and tablet buyers looking to revive allegations that the chipmaker uses anti-competitive licensing practices to the same panel that nixed a class certification ruling in the long-running case.
March 26, 2024
Cellphone buyers are coming out strong against Qualcomm's request to have the same Ninth Circuit panel that vacated their class certification hear an appeal to revive the long-running antitrust litigation over the company's licensing practices, saying there is no reason for "meddling with the usual practice for assigning cases."
February 27, 2024
Cellphone buyers are hoping to revive their beleaguered antitrust case accusing Qualcomm of illegal tying schemes to inflate the price of their chips, telling the Ninth Circuit in their new opening brief to reverse the district court's ruling from September or, at a minimum, toss it to the California Supreme Court to decide whether their state law claims are viable.
September 27, 2023
A California federal court granted Qualcomm's bid to extinguish the remaining claims from cellphone buyers alleging they overpaid due to the chipmaker's licensing practices, following a loss by federal enforcers on similar claims and the dismantling of a consumer class.
May 26, 2023
Cellphone buyers accusing Qualcomm of violating antitrust law through chip licensing practices have urged a California federal court not to end the last of what remains of long-running consumer litigation against the company.
April 10, 2023
Qualcomm asked a California federal court on Monday to nix what's left of long-running consumer antitrust litigation targeting its chip-licensing practices, saying the cellphone purchaser plaintiffs have no evidence to support their suit's remaining exclusive dealing claim.
February 17, 2023
Qualcomm asked a California federal judge to tee up what's left of a consumer antitrust suit targeting its chip-licensing practices, a move the technology giant hopes will end the long-running battle with cellphone buyers.
January 09, 2023
A California federal court has trimmed some allegations from cellphone buyers targeting Qualcomm's chip licensing practices but allowed other allegations under the state's antitrust law to proceed despite the Ninth Circuit's rejection of similar claims under federal law.
November 15, 2022
Qualcomm urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to toss a putative class action from cellphone buyers alleging they overpaid due to the semiconductor giant's anti-competitive chip licensing practices, arguing that an amended complaint doesn't differ from a Federal Trade Commission suit against the company already axed by the Ninth Circuit.
September 16, 2022
Cellphone buyers alleging they overpaid due to Qualcomm's chip licensing practices have urged a California federal court not to nix their case, insisting that their amended complaint differs from an antitrust suit previously tossed by the Ninth Circuit against the company.