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Qualcomm has asked the International Trade Commission to ban apple from importing the iPhone into the US the company said Apple has infringed six of its patents that it says quote enable high performance in a smartphone while extending battery life it's the latest development in a heated legal battle between the two companies in April Apple stopped paying royalties to manufacturers like Foxconn for mobile patents owned by Qualcomm these patterns include intellectual property that connects phones to a wireless network Apple said in a previous statement that it tried to reach a licensing agreement with Qualcomm for over five years they weren't able to negotiate what Apple called quote fair terms because of Apple's refusal to pay royalties Qualcomm expects to make less money Apple continues to use our technology and not pay for it they've really left us no choice but to say you've got to stop this that's Qualcomm's General Counsel speaking to CNET Qualcomm expects the ITC to start the investigation into the complaint in August any potential ban wouldn't go into effect for at least 18 months but could a ban actually happen in a ruling handed down in January 2016 in the Apple V Samsung case a judge ordered Samsung to stop selling smartphones in the u.s. that infringed on Apple's patents but the ban applied mostly to all the devices that weren't on sale any more at the time of recording Apple hadn't yet released a statement but you can keep up to date on the ongoing legal battle at cnet.com