On April 15, Apple and Qualcomm went to court again. This is one of the largest corporate lawsuits in the United States, and the compensation may be as high as $27 billion.
According to the Financial Times report on April 14, the lawsuit will last for four weeks in a federal court in San Diego, and Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to testify in the lawsuit. Including Apple and four companies in its supply chain, will sue Qualcomm for overcharging chip royalties and compensate as much as $27 billion.
Qualcomm denied any wrongdoing, and accused Apple of forcing its long-term business partner to withdraw from paying the patent franchise, and sought compensation as high as $654.38+05 billion.
In view of the escalating legal dispute between the two companies, there are rumors that Apple is considering replacing Qualcomm chips with Intel and MediaTek chips in its future equipment.
Behind the dispute over patent licensing fees is the competition for scarce resources.
The dispute is not that one party hurts the other party, nor is it that the larger foe breaks through, but that it is a struggle for scarce resources. Behind the competition, there is a higher technical "gold content" and more intense competition for interests. Once the interests of both sides are balanced, this kind of competition will cease to exist.
In this patent licensing dispute between Apple and Qualcomm, apart from the strength and dignity of both parties, what is hidden behind is the difference of interests between the two parties and the struggle for the dominance of the industrial chain. Whether Apple wins or loses, it will be a great challenge to the Qualcomm model.
For Apple, without the support of Qualcomm wireless technology, whether the iPhone is still a quality product will be put in a question mark. For Qualcomm, if we lose Apple, the biggest customer, the revenue loss will be incalculable. A series of interest disputes doomed this lawsuit to have only one ending, that is, reconciliation.
However, no matter what the outcome is, there is only one thing that mobile phone manufacturers have to do, that is, accept the reality, continuously increase patent reserves, further reduce their dependence on Qualcomm, and enhance the initiative of intellectual property rights.
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