Qualcomm looks to Europe 法廷，裁判所 again to overturn 独占禁止の 罰金
By Foo Yun Chee
LUXEMBOURG, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm returned to Europe's second-最高の，を越す 法廷，裁判所 on Monday 捜し出すing to overturn a 242-million-euro ($258.4 million) EU 独占禁止の 罰金, a year after it 納得させるd the same 法廷，裁判所 to throw out a much bigger 刑罰，罰則 in another 独占禁止の 事例／患者.
The European （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 slapped the 罰金 on Qualcomm in 2019 for selling its chipsets below cost between 2009 and 2011, in a practice known as predatory pricing, to stymie British phone ソフトウェア 製造者 Icera, now part of Nvidia Corp.
The company last year 安全な・保証するd a major 勝利，勝つ as it 納得させるd the General 法廷，裁判所 to 捨てる a 997 million euro EU 独占禁止の 罰金 in another 事例／患者 関係のある to 支払い（額）s made to Apple to use only its 半導体素子s in all its iPhones and iPads ーするために 封鎖する out 競争相手s such as Intel Corp.
Qualcomm lawyer Miguel Rato criticised the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限's 調査s against the company on the first day of the three-day 審理，公聴会.
"This is the second instalment of the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限's （選挙などの）運動をする against Qualcomm. The first was the exclusivity 決定／判定勝ち（する） squashed by the 法廷，裁判所," he told the General 法廷，裁判所.
He said the 3G baseband chipsets 選び出す／独身d out in the 事例／患者 accounted for just 0.7% of the 全世界の／万国共通の 動きやすい 遠隔通信s System (UMTS) market and thus it was not possible for Qualcomm to shut out 競争相手s from the chipset market.
"What price should Qualcomm have 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d for each chipset and each ４半期/4分の1 to 許す it to pass the price cost 実験（する）?" Rato said.
Qualcomm's 活動／戦闘s showed it was 決定するd to 除去する a 競争相手 before it could 提起する／ポーズをとる a 競争の激しい 脅し, （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 lawyer Carlos Urraca Caviedes told the 法廷，裁判所.
"Icera was about to 伸び（る） a sol id foothold in the market segment which was strategically important for 未来 growth. Qualcomm 恐れるd that if it did not take 活動／戦闘, Icera would grow to 拡大する and become a formidable 競争相手," he said.
The 法廷，裁判所 will 支配する in the coming months. The 事例／患者 is T-671/19 Qualcomm v （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限.
($1 = 0.9366 euros) (報告（する）／憶測ing by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
