Qualcomm files lawsuits in China to ban iPhones - Bloomberg

Qualcomm filed lawsuits in China, seeking to halt the manufacture and sale of Apple’s iPhones in the country, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

'Apple employs technologies invented by Qualcomm without paying for them,' the spokeswoman said.

Bloomberg had earlier reported about the lawsuits in China. (https://bloom.bg/2z6qMwu)

The suits are based on three non-standard essential patents,covering power management and a touch-screen technology called Force Touch that Apple uses in current iPhones.

The iPhone maker has always been willing to pay fair and reasonable rates for the patents it uses, Apple told Reuters in an email.

Apple is waging a global legal battle on Qualcomm's long-held practice of charging a percentage of the total price of iPhones and other Apple devices as a licensing fee for its patents.