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Apple and Qualcomm were close partners. Since the iPhone 4S, Apple's iPhone baseband chips have long relied on Qualcomm, but the two companies have been sued for patent issues. Apple and Qualcomm were sued on April 9, according to foreign media news, with the plaintiff claiming that the specific 5g technology used by the two companies violated a patent for RF calibration.

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Red rock, a patent licensing company (non professional entity), filed a lawsuit in the Southern District Court of Texas on Thursday, which holds a wireless transceiver calibration patent No. 7346313, focusing on a small number of Qualcomm 5g transceivers in this case. The infringement products sued by the plaintiff include smr526, sdr865 and sdx55m, which is Xiaolong x55 5g baseband, which is used for a large number of 5g new machines released in 2020 or so, in which the plaintiff specifically mentioned Apple's iPhone 12 series products: because the iPhone 12 and pro use Qualcomm 5g Baseband, so they also integrated these alleged infringement transceiver technologies, leading to apple being listed as defendants.

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Red rock holds a U.S. patent code 7346313, which outlines a system for calibrating the balance of phase (I) and orthogonal (q) signals in transceivers. The plaintiff asked the court to hold a jury trial, along with a long list of legal remedies, including preventing apple and Qualcomm from infringing the "313" patent, compensation and payment of patent fees.

Apple and Qualcomm knew the patent existed before using the technology, according to the indictment. In the case against Qualcomm, employees claimed that Qualcomm received at least three notifications of the existence of the patent between 2008 and 2011.

As a result, the plaintiff said Apple and Qualcomm have been taking deliberate and harsh violations of intellectual property in a well-informed manner. The lawsuit sought a jury trial, prohibiting apple and Qualcomm from continuing to infringe on the patent and paying for intellectual property costs.

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It can be said that with the emergence of innovative technology on the stage of international intellectual property, the collection of patent fees and patent application has become one of the important measures for scientific and technological enterprises to increase research costs and promote innovation and development. Different market strategies (including litigation) and opportunities, even so-called tuyers, are equally important. Some enterprises may take this as a means of competition. However, innovation promotes the industry forward and establishes the core competitive advantage of enterprises, which is the only truth in the business world.

It is undeniable that patent plays a more important role in the market with fierce competition. Patent can serve as the umbrella when the enterprise maintains its own rights and interests, and also serves as a tool for the enterprise to tear down in the fierce market competition. Perfect patent planning and intellectual property early warning mechanism can make the enterprise develop better in the market competition!

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