Apple claims that Qualcomm stole its idea and immediately patented it

On Monday, another episode of the lawsuit between Apple and Qualcomm took place in San Diego. On that occasion, Apple said that one of the patents that Qualcomm is suing for comes from the head of their engineer.

Specifically, patent number 8,838,949 describes the direct injection of a software image from a primary processor to one or more secondary processors in a multiprocessor system. Another of the patents at issue describes a method for integrating wireless modems without burdening the phone's memory.

But according to Apple, the idea for the mentioned patents comes from the head of its former engineer Arjuna Siva, who discussed the technology with people from Qualcomm through e-mail correspondence. This is also confirmed by Apple consultant Juanita Brooks, who states that Qualcomm "stole the idea from Apple and then ran to the patent office".

Qualcomm said in its opening statement that the jury may encounter highly technical terminology and concepts during the litigation. As in previous disputes, Qualcomm wants to profile itself as an investor, owner and licensor of technologies that power products like the iPhone.

"Although Qualcomm doesn't make smartphones — that is, it doesn't have a product you can buy — it develops a number of technologies found in smartphones," said David Nelson, Qualcomm's general counsel.

The hearing taking place in San Diego is the first time that an American jury is involved in Qualcomm's dispute with Apple. Past court proceedings have resulted, for example, in restrictions on iPhone sales in China and Germany, with Apple trying to solve the ban in its own way.

Source: AppleInsider