The General Court later annulled the case, mentioning that the EU was at fault for handling the case improperly. The European Commission can appeal this decision to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU), according to Reuters, with the antitrust authority saying that it would carefully study this decision and decide what its next course of action will be. The EU is expected to be hesitant in its investigations going forward, according to Assimakis Komninos, a partner at law firm White & Case. To recap, Qualcomm was fined a mammoth sum since it was reported that the chipset manufacturer paid Apple a significant amount to exclusively use its chips, cutting every single company out of the competition loop. Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is likely not done with this case, so we will see when the next appeal is. News Source: Reuters
