SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that a jury in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of California has found that Apple iPhone 7, 7
Plus, 8, 8 Plus and X infringe two Qualcomm patents, U.S. Patent
No. 8,838,949, and U.S. Patent No. 9,535,490, and Apple iPhone 8,
8 Plus and X infringe Qualcomm's U.S. Patent No.
8,633,936. The jury awarded Qualcomm $31
million in damages for infringement of the patents from
July 6, 2017, the date the lawsuit
was filed, through the end of the trial. The three infringed
patents cover technologies invented by Qualcomm in San Diego.
"Today's unanimous jury verdict is the latest victory in our
worldwide patent litigation directed at holding Apple accountable
for using our valuable technologies without paying for them," said
Don Rosenberg, executive vice
president and general counsel for Qualcomm. "The technologies
invented by Qualcomm and others are what made it possible for Apple
to enter the market and become so successful so quickly. The three
patents found to be infringed in this case represent just a small
fraction of Qualcomm's valuable portfolio of tens of thousands of
patents. We are gratified that courts all over the world are
rejecting Apple's strategy of refusing to pay for the use of our
IP."
The three infringed patents support different popular
smartphone features. U.S. Patent No. 8,838,949
enables "flashless booting" which eliminates the cost and footprint
of separate flash memory and allows a smartphone to connect to the
internet quickly after being powered on. U.S. Patent No.
9,535,490 enables the applications on a smartphone to get
their data to and from the internet quickly and efficiently by
acting as a smart "traffic cop" between the applications processor
and the modem. U.S. Patent No. 8,633,936 enables high performance
and rich visual graphics for games while increasing a smartphone's
battery life. These patents are outside of the modem processors and
are not essential to practice any cellular standard.
In the past six months, patent courts in China and Germany have ruled that Apple is infringing
additional Qualcomm non-standard essential patents and issued
injunctions on infringing devices.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how
the world connects, computes and communicates. When we connected
the phone to the Internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today,
our inventions are the foundation for life-changing products,
experiences, and industries. As we lead the world to 5G, we
envision this next big change in cellular technology spurring a new
era of intelligent, connected devices and enabling new
opportunities in connected cars, remote delivery of health care
services, and the IoT — including smart cities, smart homes, and
wearables. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business,
QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated,
operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our engineering,
research and development functions, and all of our products and
services businesses, including, the QCT semiconductor business. For
more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog,
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Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Christie Thoene, Public
Affairs
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: publicaffairs@qualcomm.com
Mauricio Lopez-Hodoyan, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858- 658-5431
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
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