Apple will pay Qualcomm at least $ 4.5 billion under a settlement agreement concluded by companies

The developer of chips for mobile devices, Qualcomm, will receive from Apple from 4.5 to 4.7 billion dollars as part of a settlement agreement concluded in April. This was reported in an interview with The Wall Street Journal CEO of Qualcomm Steve Mollenkopf.

Earlier it was reported that under the terms of the agreement that put the point in the protracted conflict of the two companies, Apple will pay Qualcomm compensation (its amount was not disclosed then). The companies also agreed to sign a six -year license agreement, the action of which can be extended for another two years. Finally, the terms of the transaction provide that Qualcomm will supply Apple components for devices for several years.

The media noted that one of the reasons for the conclusion of the agreement could be the reluctance of both companies to disclose important information in court. In addition, the latest successes of Qualcomm in the courts could make Apple think about resolving the conflict in private. A few hours after the announcement of the reconciliation of Apple and Qualcomm, Intel announced the departure from the market of 5G modems for smartphones, considering it unpromising for itself in the light of the agreement of the two companies.

Recall that the confrontation between Apple and Qualcomm began in January 2017. Then Apple filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm for $ 1 billion, which accused the partner of abuse of her position in the market and establishing bonding conditions for licensing her patents. Apple later filed against Qualcomm in two more lawsuits in the courts of China and Great Britain.

In April 2017, Qualcomm sent a lawsuit against Apple to the court , accusing the company from Cupertino in a number of abuses regarding partnerships with Qualcomm. Later, Qualcomm filed lawsuits against Foxconn, Pegatron, Wistron and Compal, which are assembleing Apple smartphones. The chip manufacturer accused them of stopping deductions for the use of patented Qualcomm technologies. In addition, in July, Qualcomm accused Apple violations associated with the duration of the battery, to which the Apple responded to the counter: The iPhone manufacturer insists that Snapdragon processors violate Apple patents.

In September, Qualcomm appealed to the Beijing court in intellectual property with a demand to ban the production of Apple smartphones in China, and in November Qualcomm demanded to limit the sale of Apple patents in the United States.

In September 2018, Qualcomm accused Apple of theft of a large volume of confidential information about her modems and the transfer of its Intel company, whose modems are also used in Apple devices. At the end of 2018, Qualcomm has achieved a ban on the sale of a number of old iPhone models in Germany and China. In the Middle Kingdom, Apple solved this problem by releasing the update of the firmware of the devices.