A U.S. mercantilism judge on Friday declined to block the importation of Apple iPhones with fragments from Intel, handing a major defeat to Qualcomm in its high-stakes authorized dispute with the iPhone maker.
A U.S. International Trade Commission conclude said Apple’s phones infringed one Qualcomm patent related to power managing technology but denied the chipmaker’s request for a ban on the import of some iPhones into the In agreement States.
The agency judge said “public interest factors” weighed against conceding Qualcomm’s request for a ban.
Representatives of Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel did not immediately touched by to requests for comment.