Apple Narrows Damages Qualcomm Can Seek in Patent Trial

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Apple Inc. narrowed the potential damages Qualcomm Inc. can seek over alleged patent infringement before the two square off at a trial scheduled to start next month in San Diego.

A federal judge on Tuesday granted Apple’s request to preclude Qualcomm from seeking financial compensation for infringement before the lawsuit was filed in 2017. The judge also ruled that Apple isn’t infringingBloomberg Terminal one of the several patents that Qualcomm says are at stake in the litigation.