Inside QE’s Remarkable UK Class Action Trial Win for Qualcomm

Inside QE’s Remarkable UK Class Action Trial Win for Qualcomm

From Law, disrupted by Law, disrupted

June 4, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

The episode discusses a significant antitrust class action trial win for Qualcomm in the UK.

John is joined by Miguel Rato and Marixenia Davilla, both partners in Quinn Emanuel’s Brussels office. They discuss a major antitrust and competition law class action brought in the United Kingdom against Qualcomm, a leading developer of mobile communications technology. The case was filed as an opt-out class action on behalf of consumers and alleged that Qualcomm had abused a dominant market position by charging excessive patent royalties to smartphone manufacturers, particularly Apple and S...

People in this episode

Host: John

Guests: Miguel Rato, Marixenia Davilla

Topics covered

  • antitrust
  • competition law
  • class action
  • Qualcomm
  • patent royalties
  • smartphone manufacturers

Keywords

  • antitrust
  • class action
  • Qualcomm
  • patent royalties
  • smartphone manufacturers
  • competition law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quinn Emanuel, Qualcomm, Apple

Places: United Kingdom

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