Trump Administration Wants to Argue at Qualcomm’s FTC Appeal

The Trump administration asked that it be allowed to participate in legal arguments at the Feb. 13 appeals court hearing on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Qualcomm.

• Qualcomm is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling that it abuses its dominant position in the market for cellphone chips to obtain excessive licensing fees
• The administration has backed Qualcomm in the appeal, saying the “erroneous reasoning and overly broad remedy threaten to stifle competition for innovation in next-generation telecommunications technology and to compromise national security”
• Case has put the government’s two antitrust authorities ...