Qualcomm asked the Chinese authorities to ban the sale iPhone in the country, in a move not without precedent, but which comes as a response to the lawsuits filed by Apple. Qualcomm was recently fined 774 million dollars in Taiwan due to complaints made by Apple for the way the company imposes the purchase of licenses with certain products, and the request to ban the iPhone in China comes as a response to this fine.
Qualcomm submitted the request to the Chinese authorities today to ban the sale of the iPhone in China, it is part of a process that will have to be judged first. For the time being, no details are known about the reasons behind this request made by Qualcomm, but the company is not the first to ask for a ban on the sale of the iPhone in China, but it has a lot of courage to attack Apple in such a way.
Qualcomm calls for the iPhone to be banned in China
Qualcomm has been in a fierce battle with Apple for several months because of the licensing fees it is asking for the products used in the iPhone or iPad at the moment. Qualcomm accused Apple of asking the authorities to investigate it and some partners to stop payments to it, and now it is doing the same thing through the lawsuit filed in China to demand a ban on the sale of iPhone phones in a major market for Apple.
Qualcomm has a small chance of obtaining a ban on the sale of the iPhone in China, so far only one company managed to obtain this temporarily, but because it had good reasons to do so. Of course, Apple will not be intimidated by this process because it knows that iPhone sales in China will not be able to be blocked by Qualcomm, so it remains to be seen how long the deal between the two companies will last.
"Qualcomm Inc. filed lawsuits in China seeking to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones in the country, the chipmaker's biggest shot at Apple Inc. so far in a sprawling and bitter legal fight."
