Qualcomm Accuses Apple of Giving Its Confidential Source Code to Intel
Thought the legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple was over ? Well, Qualcomm has made some explosive statements against Apple accusing it of stealing its trade secrets and source code and sharing it with Intel. In its filing with the Superior Court of California, Qualcomm alleges that Apple has stolen “vast swaths” of its source code to allow for inferior quality Intel modems to catch up with that of Qualcomm in terms of performance. The San Diego chip maker says that Apple prevented it from auditing the use of its source code which first led Qualcomm to sue Apple. Now though, Qualcomm is accusing Apple of a far major wrongdoing. It alleges that Apple engineers shared Qualcomm’s source code and other confidential information with Intel engineers to help improve their baseband. There’s no evidence backing Qualcomm’s explosive statements, though it makes references to the back and forth communication between Apple and Intel engineers. Qualcomm argues it was...