Qualcomm Says Apple Breached Contract on Phone-Chip Software
- Chipmaker says evidence of Apple trying to help Intel
- Qualcomm files new suit in San Diego against iPhone maker
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Qualcomm Inc. has sued Apple Inc., accusing the iPhone maker of failing to abide by the terms of a software license and said it may have used its unprecedented access to that code to help Qualcomm-rival Intel Corp.
The chipmaker filed the lawsuit against Apple on Wednesday in California state court in San Diego, adding yet another front to their bitter legal battle. Apple is being sued for breach of a contract that governs the use of software needed to make chips work with other parts of mobile phones and communicate with networks.