Doubt there is any that Qualcomm friends constitute one of the key companies in the hard-fought smart devices industry. Not exists practically an only apparatus (particularly Android) that does not have any component yours. But seems that the company would have taken advantage of this situation, what les has valid a fine millionaire.
According to a report from the Reuters Agency, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has determined that Qualcomm violated competition laws by abusing its position as a company predominantly in the industry and forcing its clients manufacturers of smartphones to pay royalties for an unnecessarily broad set of patents, as part of the sales of their new modem chips.
This excess ended constituting is in a case of research from the KFTC against the manufacturer of components, ruling that the company must pay a fine by the equivalent to USD $854 million to compensate them damage monetary caused to their consumers.
In addition, Qualcomm leads a lawsuit with some manufacturers competing chip, which has limited access to its patents essential to the development and integration of other components.
By what the KFTC has ordered also that the company negotiate of good faith with them manufacturers of chips rival in the award of these licenses, to renegotiate them agreements of supply of chips. It also will take part.
This fine would be the more large applied in all the history of the PCA, but them lawyers of Qualcomm already have confirmed that will appeal this decision in the Court.
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