Retired Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel filed an amicus brief in Qualcomm’s appeal of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The following day, the United States government filed a statement of interest with the appellate court as well. Both parties filed in support […]
On Thursday, July 18, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) pushed back against the Department of Justice (DOJ) by filing a formal opposition to the DOJ’s motion to pause a court ruling against Qualcomm, reported Law.com. On July 16, the DOJ asked a federal appeals court to pause the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling against […]
According to the Wall Street Journal, the European Commission fined Qualcomm €242 million on Thursday, July 18, for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets, the second penalty from the bloc in 18 months and its latest move targeting top US tech companies for breaching antitrust rules. Qualcomm sold below cost, with the aim […]
Qualcomm, the world’s no.1 chipmaker, could be hit with a second EU antitrust fine as soon as Thursday for blocking a rival from the market more than a decade ago, people familiar with the matter said. The company came under fire in 2015 when the European Commission accused it of predatory pricing between 2009 and […]
The US Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to pause the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling against mobile chip supplier Qualcomm on Tuesday, July 16, citing support from the Energy Department and the Defense Department (DoD). “For DoD, Qualcomm is a key player both in terms of its trusted supply chain and […]
According to Reuters, Qualcomm asked a US appeals court to pause an antitrust ruling that could drastically alter its business model while it tries to overturn the ruling. The filing with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals came after US District Judge Lucy Koh last week declined to put on hold her own ruling in a […]
A US judge on Wednesday ruled against Qualcomm Inc’s (QCOM.O) effort to block the implementation of a sweeping antitrust ruling against it as the mobile chip supplier pursues an appeal that could take more than a year to wind through the courts. Qualcomm has argued in court that the ruling could hamper critical negotiations with […]
According to a report from Bloomberg, Qualcomm faces another European Union antitrust fine a year after being ordered to pay €997 million(US$1.13 billion) penalty for thwarting rival suppliers to Apple, according to three people familiar with the latest case. The chip giant may be fined as soon as next month, said the people, who asked […]
June 2019 The Alignment of Evidence and Economics: A Rebuttal to Ginsburg and Wright By Joseph Kattan & Timothy J. Muris1 Click here for a PDF version of the article Introduction In a March article in CPI’s Blog O’ Blogs, Judge Douglas Ginsburg and Professor Joshua Wright (“G&W”) criticized the Nash bargaining model of […]
On Tuesday, May 28, Qualcomm asked a federal judge not to enforce her decision that it illegally squeezed out rivals in the smartphone chips market as it plans to file an appeal that could take more than a year to wind through the courts, reported Reuters. In a filing in federal court in San Jose, […]