Qualcomm Filed 139-Page Of Countersuit Against Apple's 'False Statement & Misrepresenting Facts'

After Apple accused Qualcomm about the licensing payments in cooperation with the Korea Fair Trade in December, the company filed an original suit claiming that Qualcomm has been overcharging on its patents. But on Monday, the chipmaker files a 139-page counterclaim stated that the giant company was making a false statement.

TC reported that Qualcomm claimed that Apple had been breaching and mischaracterized the agreements and negotiations with the chipmaker. Aside from Apple files suit, Qualcomm was also facing another two additional suits from China and the United Kingdom, which about the patents and designs as well.

Qualcomm case filed from Beijing was claimed 1 billion yuan, where the chipmaker abuses the China's monopoly laws, while $1 billion from the US, which is allegedly practicing and amounted to extortion on its licensing. However, Qualcomm claim that Apple threatened the chipmaker to block the revelation that will throttle Qualcomm-powered iPhones.

According to Ars Technica, Qualcomm claimed that Apple has been trying to prevent the chipmaker in sponsoring public comparisons between the Qualcomm-based iPhone and Intel-based iPhone, though Apple gives an assurance that there was no difference between Intel chipset and Qualcomm chipsets quality. Qualcomm added that Apple was seeking damages for rowing back on what they have been agreed.

In today's Qualcomm countersuit seeks for damages from Apple to not reaching the several agreements and to stop Apple interfering the deals with the iPhone and iPad parts manufacturing where Apple rejected Qualcomm's FRAND licensing offer. So far, the two company have failed to reach the agreement when the contract was signed before Apple used the chipsets.

It has been over 10 years since Apple has played such significant role in bringing the mobile technology with its popular products and services. Basically, Apple does not have a direct license on Qualcomm's technologies, but the company relies on its licensing agreements between iPhone and Qualcomm that capture over 90 percent of smartphone profits.