Consumers’ association Which? has applied to withdraw from its five-year £480m class action against smartphone chipset provider Qualcomm, following an agreement between the parties
Under the agreement, Qualcomm will not make any payment to the class representative or the class.
Law firm Quinn Emanuel, acting for Qualcomm, said the class representative had concluded on the basis of evidence and argument that the Competition Appeal Tribunal would find Qualcomm did not coerce Apple, Apple’s chipset manufacturers or Samsung to sign any patent licences or chipset agreements, and did not infringe competition laws leading to inflated royalties and a price increase for consumers.
