Litigation

Qualcomm Incorporated v. Apple Inc.

settled/dismissed

3:17-cv-02398

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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Filed: 2017-11-29
Terminated: 2019-04-16

Patents at issue (5)

Plaintiffs (1)

π Qualcomm Incorporated

Defendants (1)

Δ Apple Inc.

Summary

Qualcomm sued Apple in the Southern District of California asserting the '674 patent and several other patents. The case was part of the global Qualcomm-Apple dispute and was resolved by the April 16, 2019 settlement and dismissal.

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Further reading

Cost of Inter Partes Review (IPR): a 2026 breakdown
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The America Invents Act (2011)
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Declaratory judgment actions: when to flip the table on a patent troll
The patent holder is the one with the patent. They're not always the one who gets to pick the courtroom.
What it costs to get a patent (AIPLA Economic Survey)
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Most-litigated US patents: 12 patents that defined the patent troll era
If a demand letter lands on your desk citing one of these, you are not the first. The campaign playbook is on file. The defenses other defendants used are public record.

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