Qualcomm has strong argument to win reversal of US antitrust ruling

A rare public call by a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official for one of the agency’s courtroom victories to be reversed, in a case of anticompetitive business practices by chipmaker Qualcomm Inc, charts a strong course for a judge’s ruling to be overturned on appeal, some legal experts said.

FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, an appointee of Republican President Donald Trump, wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that the May 22 ruling against Qualcomm “radically expanded a company’s legal obligation to help its competitors” and was based on a strained interpretation of a 1985 decision by the US Supreme Court.