Cellphone consumers exhibiting considerable resistance to Qualcomm’s appeal for the same Ninth Circuit panel that previously quashed their class certification to hear an appeal intended to revive a longstanding antitrust legal battle over the corporation’s licensing procedures. Their argument is grounded in the belief that there is no valid justification for “meddling with the typical practice of assigning cases”.
This report comes in the wake of Qualcomm’s endeavor to bring back to life an antitrust case relating to the company’s licensing practices. Cellphone buyers, however, are not relenting in their contention for a change in the panel, standing firm against the introduction of the same Ninth Circuit panel that nullified their class certification in adjudicating the potential appeal.
This legal tug of war draws further attention to Qualcomm’s ongoing antitrust matters and brings into focus the mechanisms used in assigning judicial panels in such high-profile cases.
For more detailed information about this ongoing case, please visit the original report.