Qualcomm wants to quote Samsung as it defends licensing fee

San Francisco

QUALCOMM Inc is asking a US judge to let it use Samsung Electronics Co's words against it in a South Korea licensing fee fight.

The chipmaker wants to counter Samsung's complaints about its patent licensing practices to a South Korean regulator by showing that the handset manufacturer has defended identical conduct in multiple legal battles. Qualcomm on Tuesday asked a federal magistrate judge in San Jose, California, to order Samsung to turn over information it called essential to its defence before South Korea's Fair Trade Commission.