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Intellectual Property

Apr. 17, 2019

Opening statements followed by global settlement of Apple v. Qualcomm litigation

The settlement includes a single payment from Apple to Qualcomm, a six-year licensing agreement and a multi-year chipset supply agreement.

Opening statements followed by global settlement of Apple v. Qualcomm litigation
Evan R. Chesler of Cravath, Swaine, & Moore LLP

SAN DIEGO -- A blockbuster trial that was to last a month had barely started Tuesday when Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. settled their multi-billion-dollar antitrust and contract dispute with a global agreement to end all litigation.

As opening statements were completed, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel called the attorneys to a sidebar then informed th...

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