米国連邦裁判所は、Qualcommの3つの特許を侵害したとしてAppleに3100万ドルの支払いを認めました。クアルコムは、販売されたiPhoneが未払いで特許を使用したとして、1台あたりロイヤルティー1.41ドルが支払われるべきだと主張していました。以下は、Qualcommのプレスリリースの抜粋です。

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has found that Apple iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus and X infringe two Qualcomm patents, U.S. Patent No. 8,838,949, and U.S. Patent No. 9,535,490, and Apple iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X infringe Qualcomm’s U.S. Patent No. 8,633,936. The jury awarded Qualcomm $31 million in damages for infringement of the patents from July 6, 2017, the date the lawsuit was filed, through the end of the trial. The three infringed patents cover technologies invented by Qualcomm in San Diego.