Qualcomm seeks iPhone import ban, stepping up patent fight

Don Rosenberg, Qualcomm's general counsel, said the company was pleased that the US agency would review the judge's recommendation

Qualcomm Inc. persuaded a US trade agency to consider banning imports of Apple Inc. iPhones that use Intel Corp. chips, though the agency appeared to be grappling with ways to forge a compromise that would protect America’s dominance in the next generation of phone technology.

The US International Trade Commission said Wednesday it would take a closer look at a recommendation by a judge in September that an import ban would hurt America’s competitive edge in the development of the next generation of mobile technology, known as 5G. It also will look at the judge’s finding that Apple infringed one of