Tesla and others the FTC to use competitive markets.
The challenge that needs to be solved is Qualcomm’s practice of requiring companies to sign their chips with a patent licensing agreement before promoting them. All the companies that pointed out the letter say that the practice will make the generation of connected vehicles in the long term more expensive because it eliminates competition.
Qualcomm first lost his case in May 2019 and the opinion on the chair of the case wrote that the chipmaker’s practice “strangled competition.” However, in the last appeal, a three-pass ruling on the panel ruled in favor of the company.
The FTC declined to comment, but automakers and generation expressed their emotions about the factor in the chart.
“This resolution would jeopardize national competitiveness and weaken the FTC’s ability to consumers through long-term compliance actions. Qualcomm’s licensing practices have strengthened its product monopoly, excluded its competition and undermined the competitive process.”