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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Nov. 16, 2022

Qualcomm asks judge to dismiss multidistrict antitrust case

The company is accused of having monopoly power in premium LTE chips and CDMA, the protocol used in 2G and 3G networks.

Qualcomm Inc. asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss a multidistrict antitrust case against it because two appellate court rulings preclude the plaintiffs’ claims.

The company is accused of having monopoly power in premium LTE chips and CDMA, the protocol used in 2G and 3G networks. The plaintiffs alleged Qualcomm sold chips only to companies that agreed to tie CDMA and premium LTE chipsets as well as paid Qualcomm a substantial royalty for usi...

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