The alleged infringement

Persbericht Commissie: Antitrust: Commission initiates formal proceedings against Qualcomm for suspected exploitative practices.

“(…) Qualcomm is a holder of intellectual property (IP) rights in the CDMA and WCDMA standards for mobile telephone. (…) The alleged infringement concerns the terms under which Qualcomm licenses its patents essential to the WCDMA standard. The investigation will focus on the issue of whether the licensing terms and royalties imposed by Qualcomm are, as alleged by the complainants, not fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory. In a context of standardization, a finding of exploitative practices by Qualcomm in the WCDMA licensing market contrary to Article 82 of the EC Treaty may depend on whether the licensing terms imposed by Qualcomm are in breach of its FRAND commitment.”

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