Qualcomm Dealt Setback in FTC Case Alleging Monopoly Abuse

Qualcomm Inc. suffered a setback in its fight with U.S. antitrust regulators who accuse the semiconductor maker of abusing a monopoly in chips for cell phones and raising costs for consumers.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, sided Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission on part of the agency’s antitrust case against Qualcomm ahead of a trial scheduled to start early next year.