The US Department of Justice has asked the Court of Appeals to suspend the antitrust ruling against Qualcomm, with support from the US Department of Energy and the US Department of Defense.
βFor the US Department of Justice, Qualcomm is a key player both in terms of a reliable supply chain and a leader in innovation, and in the short term it would be impossible to replace Qualcommβs critical role in advancing 5G technology,β said Ellen Lord, US Deputy Secretary of Defense. Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Ellen Lord, in a motion filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Recall that District Judge Lucy Koh refused to grant Qualcomm's request for a stay of execution of the court decision in the case brought against it by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and ordered that Qualcomm license its technologies to competing chip makers, including Taiwan's MediaTek and HiSilicon, the chip manufacturing division of Huawei Technologies.
Qualcomm is asking for a stay of enforcement of the ruling while its appeal is pending before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Previously, the US Department of Justice Antitrust Office asked Lucy Koch to hold an additional hearing before making her decision, but she refused.
Source: 3dnews.ru