Qualcomm Deal Sparks China Smartphone Patent Skirmishes

Last summer, lawyers from Chinese telecoms gear maker ZTE Corp began writing to half a dozen local handset makers it believed used its patents. Its message was simple: it's time to pay up. ZTE's efforts to collect patent royalties — months ahead of Qualcomm Inc.'s China antitrust settlement this week, according to people with knowledge of the matter — shows how that deal has already changed the way China's booming smartphone industry does business. As anticipated by...

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