Qualcomm Won't Have to Renegotiate Licenses During FTC Appeal
- Appeals court puts on hold order that required new contracts
- Judges: Qualcomm raised ‘serious questions’ about FTC victory
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Qualcomm Inc. won’t have to renegotiate its patent licenses while appealing an antitrust ruling won by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a federal appeals court ruled.
Qualcomm has raised “serious questions” about the merits of the trial court’s ruling, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Friday in an order putting the May 21 decision on hold.