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Apple has filed two new lawsuits against Qualcomm, this time in China, that allege the mobile chip maker abused its market dominance and patents to charge excessively high licensing fees.</p><p>
Apple is seeking 1 billion yuan (US$145 million) in damages from Qualcomm, according to Beijing’s intellectual property court, which
announced Wednesday it would hear the lawsuits. </p><p>
The legal action centers on Qualcomm’s standards-essential patents for its cellular technology. Allegedly, the company refused to negotiate a fair licensing fee for the patents and even declined to license some of them to Apple. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3161712/techology-business/apple-takes-patent-battle-with-qualcomm-to-china.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple takes patent battle with Qualcomm to China
