Отказ ИТК в приостановке запрета на импорт чипов Qualcomm

19 years ago the tech industry was up to its old trick of roping in the government to fight its battles. ‘The CTIA Wireless Association in the US has backed up Qualcomm’s request for President Bush to veto the ITC’s ban on importing all devices containing its chips which infringe on a Broadcom patent, reported EW back in 2007. “The ITC’s importation ban, if implemented, will force the redesign of virtually all handsets that utilise the banned chips,” said Steve Largent, CEO of the CTIA, in a letter to the President. “This redesign process requires a substantial amount of time (18 to 24 months) and many millions of dollars for each of the companies involved.” ‘The CTIA claimed this lost time would “unquestionably diminish the international competitiveness of these companies” and said the extra cost would be passed on to consumers. ‘However, Broadcom announced today (22 June 2007) that the ITC (International Trade Commission) had refused Qualcomm’s request that the order be stayed. “As we have said before, Broadcom simply wants to be adequately compensated for the use of our intellectual property [IP] and to be able to compete fairly in the cellular markets on the merits and innovation of our products and technologies,” said David Dull, Broadcom’s senior v-p. “Yet Qualcomm, which collects about $3bn a year from licensing its own patent portfolio and itself uses the ITC as a forum against competitors, refuses to provide appropriate compensation for the use of our IP. The burden of resolving these matters rests squarely with Qualcomm,” added Dull.