Qualcomm

A Chinese court ordered a ban in the country on iPhone sales in a patent dispute, US chipmaking giant Qualcomm said Monday.

One of the largest deals in technology history was blocked by Donald Trump. The US president has stopped the attempts of the Singapore-based Broadcom chip maker to acquire his US competitor Qualcomm for US national security reasons. This was announced by Bloomberg.

U.S. President Donald Trump on March 12 blocked an unsolicited bid by Singapore-based Broadcom to take over smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm, citing national security concerns.

The European Union is slapping a $1.23 billion fine on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm for abusing its market dominance in the lucrative sector of components in smartphones and tablets.

Taiwan's Anti-monopoly Commission fined US manufacturer of chips "Qualcomm" with a record USD 773 million for breaking the law, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Small European tech companies might be about to lose out if the European Commission’s new patent guidelines favour giants like Qualcomm and Ericsson, writes Morgan Reed, president of the Washington DC-based App Association (ACT).