Qualcomm Seeks to Cut Patent Claims From Apple License Fight
- Apple says Qualcomm is shielding some individual patents
- Dismissed claims could give Qualcomm leverage in global fight
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Qualcomm Inc. is trying to steer a big chuck of its billion-dollar dispute with Apple Inc. over the use of fundamental technology for mobile phones away from what it sees as a sideshow over patents.
At a hearing Friday, Qualcomm asked a federal judge in San Diego to throw out as moot all claims by Apple related to nine “handpicked” patents, whose validity Apple challenges, because the company has told Apple and its Asian manufacturers that it won’t assert any infringement claims over them.