Qualcomm sues Apple over softw are licensing, sharing code with Intel
0Qualcomm sues Apple over software licensing, sharing code with Intel.
Qualcomm filed suit against Apple on Wednesday in a California state court, alleging the iPhone maker breached a software license contract and used proprietary code with competitor Intel.
The contract Apple allegedly broke surrounds software designed to make Qualcomm chips work with other iPhone components, Bloomberg first reported. Qualcomm believes Apple could have given Intel access to the proprietary software to help with its own chip development.
The companies' legal battles have been raging for months. It began in January with Apple accusing the semiconductor giant of overcharging for chips and withholding nearly $1 billion in contractual rebate payments. Qualcomm has also responded with a lawsuit in the US that opened an ITC probe.