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Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been denied an appeal by the US Supreme Court after it lost patent battles with chipmaker Qualcomm. Apple and Qualcomm reached a global agreement in 2019 to dismiss all ongoing litigation, including litigation with Apple's contract manufacturers, with both companies inking an agreement to license patents globally and to supply chipsets.
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