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Japan Strikes Qualcomm Licensing Deals

Posted by Susan Hall Oct 1, 2009 10:31:53 AM

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has ordered Qualcomm to revise patent-licensing agreements with phone manufacturers there, saying they violate Japan's Antimonopoly Act, according to an IDG story in The New York Times.

 

The commission said Japanese phone makers were forced into cross-licensing their own patents for no compensation if they were to use Qualcomm chips. They also could not file patent-infringement lawsuits against other phone makers that use Qualcomm's cell phone technology, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

 

The company plans to appeal the ruling.

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