Korea’s antitrust watchdog has carried out an on-site investigation at Britain-based chip designer Arm’s workplace in Seoul over its licensing dispute with U.S. semiconductor producer Qualcomm, sources stated Wednesday.
The Truthful Commerce Fee (FTC) lately carried out the inspection as a part of its ongoing scrutiny over suspicions that Arm is undermining truthful competitors by limiting entry to its applied sciences for chip structure after having maintained an open community for years, the sources accustomed to the matter stated.
The investigation was reportedly opened after Qualcomm filed a grievance in opposition to Arm with antitrust regulators of Korea, the USA, the European Union and others in March over such allegations.
The grievance was filed after Arm restricted Qualcomm from utilizing Arm licenses owned by chip design agency Nuvia, which was acquired by the U.S. firm in 2021, with out its consent.
In September, a U.S. federal courtroom dominated in favor of Qualcomm in its license dispute case in opposition to Arm.
The FTC declined to touch upon the case.
