Anybody who purchased a Samsung or Apple telephone between 2015 and 2024 might be due compensation if a category motion swimsuit in opposition to know-how big Qualcomm is profitable.
Client group Which? has introduced the declare on behalf of round 29 million telephone customers.
Which? alleges Qualcomm breached UK competitors legislation by profiting from its dominance within the patent-licensing and chipset markets.
It claims this resulted in Qualcomm having the ability to cost producers akin to Apple and Samsung inflated charges for know-how licences, which have then been handed on to customers within the type of greater costs or lower-quality smartphones.
Sky Information has approached Qualcomm for remark. The corporate has beforehand mentioned the case has “no foundation”.
The trial will run for 5 weeks from at present on the Competitors Enchantment Tribunal in London.
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If Which?’s first trial is profitable, there will likely be a second trial specializing in Qualcomm’s conduct and the injury suffered by the category, that Which? has calculated at round £480m.
Which? is looking for damages for all affected Apple and Samsung smartphones bought between 1 October 2015 and 9 January 2024.
