Qualcomm to Push for iPhone Import Ban in Patent Fight With Apple

Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. are heading to the International Trade Commission to fight over a potential ban on imported iPhones, in the latest battle in their global patent licensing war.

Qualcomm says Apple shouldn’t be allowed to sell several iPhone models, including the iPhones 7 and 8, in the U.S. because they infringe three Qualcomm patents. The ITC’s decision could turn on not just the bread-and-butter patent law issues, but also the effect that an import blocking order would have on the market for data modem chips, also known as baseband chips.

The two companies will square off Sept. ...