Qualcomm has taken yet more action against Apple, which it alleges stole trade secrets and offered them to Intel in a bid to improve Intel’s modems. This year’s iPhones rely solely on Intel modems, rather the a mix of modems from Intel and Qualcomm, in part because Apple and Qualcomm are locked in a legal dispute over patents and licensing fees.
Qualcomm claims Apple broke a software licensing agreement and shared confidential information about Qualcomm’s modems with Intel engineers. Qualcomm accused Apple of undertaking a “multi-year campaign of sloppy, inappropriate and deceitful conduct … for the purpose of improving lower-quality modem chipsets, including those manufactured by Intel, a competitor of Qualcomm, to render such chipsets useable in Apple devices with the ultimate goal of diverting Qualcomm’s Apple-based business to Intel.”
Qualcomm claims to have evidence to back up this claim thanks to software clues it has found in Intel’s modems. Qualcomm is seeking to add this complaint to its existing lawsuit so that it doesn’t need to file a separate case.
Apple has not responded publicly to the new allegations
