Apple CEO Tim Cook will be deposed in Qualcomm lawsuit
Apple and Qualcomm have finally agreed on something in their messy legal battle.
No, they haven't reached a settlement (or anything close) but they have settled on a date for Apple CEO Tim Cook to be deposed.
In a new legal filing, first spotted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the two sides agree that Apple's top executive will give a deposition on June 27, 2018.
News of the deposition is the latest move in an increasingly messy legal battle between the two tech giants.
Apple filed a $1 billion suit against the chipmaker more than a year ago, alleging the company was overcharging for royalty payments. A few months later, Qualcomm hit back with its own suit, alleging Apple shared proprietary code with one of Qualcomm's top competitors: Intel.
To complicate things even further, all this is happening amid reports that Apple plans to dump Qualcomm as a supplier altogether. That may not be surprising, given the mounting tensions between the two companies, but as we've previously noted, the move will almost certainly lead to inferior iPhones.
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Karissa was Mashable's Senior Tech Reporter, and is based in San Francisco. She covers social media platforms, Silicon Valley, and the many ways technology is changing our lives. Her work has also appeared in Wired, Macworld, Popular Mechanics, and The Wirecutter. In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding and watching too many cat videos on Instagram. Follow her on Twitter @karissabe.
