Qualcomm, the world’s biggest producer of mobile phone chips, has appealed for the sale of some iPhones in the US to be blocked.
\nIt claims that iPhones using chips by rivals, such as Intel, infringe six of its patents.
\nQualcomm said it had asked the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate and impose an import block.
\nIt is the latest move in a series of disputes and lawsuits between Apple and Qualcomm.
\nIn January, Apple filed two lawsuits against Qualcomm, claiming it had abused its dominant market position.
\nIt also alleged the chip-maker had broken an agreement between the two companies, by denying Apple access to chip technologies it was entitled to use under the terms of a licensing deal.
\nThe latest disagreement concerns six patents relating to energy-saving features on the iPhone, which Qualcomm says Apple has used without permission.
\nAccording to the news agency Reuters, Qualcomm has also filed a lawsuit seeking financial compensation from Apple.
\n“Apple continues to use Qualcomm’s technology while refusing to pay for it. These lawsuits seek to stop Apple’s infringement of six of our patented technologies,” the company said in a statement.
\nApple referred the BBC to a previous statement on Qualcomm, in which it said the company’s business practices “harmed the entire industry”.
\n“They supply us with a single connectivity component, but for years have been demanding a percentage of the total cost of our products – effectively taxing Apple’s innovation”, it said.
\n“We believe deeply in the value of intellectual property but we shouldn’t have to pay them for technology breakthroughs they have nothing to do with.”
\nQualcomm said it hoped the ITC would begin an investigation in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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