Irvine-based Broadcom Corp. was one of six companies that filed an antitrust suit in Europe against San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc., the company said Friday.
The communications chipmaker claimed Qualcomm is violating European Union competition law and failing to keep its promise to license its cell phone technology on “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.”
The companies are asking the European Union to investigate and stop “Qualcomm’s anticompetitive conduct” in charging excessive patent fees for third-generation wireless technology.
Broadcom filed a similar complaint in U.S. court in San Diego this past summer. The company also has filed complaints against Qualcomm for violating several of its patents.
Others joining Broadcom in the European suit are Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., Ericsson SPA, NEC Corp. and Panasonic Mobile Communications Co.
