Case Name: Qualcomm

Settlement Fund: $75,000,000

Claim Filing Deadline: 11/8/2024

Class Period: 2/1/2012 -- 1/20/2017

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What this case is about

According to plaintiffs, Qualcomm's domination of the chipset industry came about by "highly exclusionary" anti-competitive practices. They allege that starting in 2008, Qualcomm executives amended long-standing licensing policies and began to refuse offering chipsets to its competitors. Allegedly bad ethics made for a $10 billion profit, but eventually attracted regulatory scrutiny.

In August 2014, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) began a two-and-a-half year inquiry into Qualcomm's practice, culminating in a January 5, 2017 report which found Qualcomm refused or restricted the licensing of mobile communications SEPs (Standard-Essential Patents) that are essential in manufacturing and selling the chipsets in market.” The KFTC also levied a nearly $1 billion fine on the company.

Two weeks later, on January 20, 2017, Apple filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm, claiming, among other things, that "to protect this business scheme,"Apple said in a statement, "Qualcomm has taken increasingly radical steps, most recently withholding nearly $1B in payments from Apple as retaliation for responding truthfully to law enforcement agencies investigating them." (Apple and Qualcomm settled in 2019.)

The class period for this settlement begins on the date of Apple's suit, which happened to be a Friday. Qualcomm price closed at $62.88 and opened at $58.67 the following Monday, eventually closing at $54.88.

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