Citing Public Interest, FTC Asks 9th Circuit to Deny Qualcomm’s Motion for Stay

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should deny Qualcomm’s request for a stay in its appeal of an FTC lawsuit over the company's alleged mobile chip monopoly (see 1907160069), the agency said (in Pacer) Thursday. A stay could mean some customers continue paying “unreasonably high royalty rates,” the agency said. In addition to failing to show the public interest favors a stay, Qualcomm failed to show it will suffer “irreparable injury” absent a stay, the agency said: It failed to meet its burden of establishing a likelihood of success on the merits. The lower court correctly said Qualcomm’s “no license, no chips” policy is anticompetitive, the commission said. DOJ backs the company.