San Francisco — On Wednesday Apple took its legal war with Qualcomm to China, filing lawsuits there accusing the chip-making giant of illegally wielding monopoly power. Apple confirmed the suits and referred to comments it released when it filed an anti-trust suit against Qualcomm in the US last week. "For many years, Qualcomm has unfairly insisted on charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with," California-based Apple said. "Qualcomm built its business on older, legacy, standards but reinforces its dominance through exclusionary tactics and excessive royalties." Qualcomm, also based in California, said that it had not seen the legal complaints but that a press release from a Beijing court said one of the filings accused the company of violating China’s anti-monopoly law. The other asked for a determination regarding terms of a patent licence agreement. "These filings by Apple’s Chinese subsidiary are just part of Apple’s efforts to find ways to pay less for Qua...
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