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It was a huge case for Qualcomm.

Apple and Qualcomm have been in a dispute for months, if not years, over patents of Qualcomm's the suit was dropped after a settlement

came into place Apple paid some undisclosed amount to Qualcomm

Qualcomm shares absolutely surging here to explain the whole situation to us.

It's an anserena Vassen. He's senior summary conductor and hardware analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.

So Anon, let's just set this up with what was at the heart of this legal dispute?

So if we step back and look at the technologies that Qualcomm has invented and popularized,

commercialized over the last decade plus.

This is basically the engine of the phone

that allows it to communicate very effectively

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