Apple Dodges Billions in Qualcomm Claims in Contract Spat
- IPhone maker persuades judge to narrow chipmaker’s allegations
- Tech giants are set to spar before San Diego jury in April
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Apple Inc. won’t have to face billions of dollars in possible damages over Qualcomm Inc.’s allegations the iPhone maker incited an antitrust investigation of the chipmaker’s business practices and lied to Korean regulators.
A federal judge in San Diego on Thursday agreed with Apple that there’s no evidence the company’s cooperation with government investigators violated the terms of an agreement under which Qualcomm had been paying billions of dollars in what Apple says were rebates for patent royalties.