Qualcomm puts faith in China's IP legal system

Qualcomm Inc, the biggest mobile phone chipmaker, is filing a lawsuit in Beijing against a Chinese phone maker, the first major test of a hard-won agreement with the Chinese government to allow it to enforce its right to charge fees for the use of its technology.

Meizu Technology Co is refusing to pay the United States company licensing fees that 100 other Chinese groups have already accepted and has also avoided negotiating in good faith, Qualcomm said in a statement.

By taking legal action of this type in China for the first time, Qualcomm is hoping that authorities will enforce the terms of a settlement it reached to end an antitrust investigation and to allow it to charge for its intellectual property.