In the News Qualcomm Used Patent Monopolies To Shake Down The Entire Mobile Phone Industry For Decades
From Techdirt:
“Qualcomm has monopoly power over certain cell phone chips, and they use that monopoly power to charge people too much money,” says Charles Duan, a patent expert at the free-market R Street Institute. “Instead of just charging more for the chips themselves, they required people to buy a patent license and overcharged for the patent license.”
