On January 16, 2025, Qualcomm reached a settlement with Chinese smartphone maker Transsion, withdrawing four non-standard essential patents (non-SEPs) lawsuits filed against Transsion in India. Previously, Transsion had been licensed for Qualcomm 5G patents, but not for other (old) standards, nor for Qualcomm non-SEP patents.

In July of this year, the Financial Times reported that in addition to Qualcomm's lawsuit in the Delhi High Court in India over four non-standard essential patents [Case No. CS(COMM) 569 / 2024], it simultaneously filed indemnification claims against Transsion for patent infringement in Europe and China.2024 In January, Dutch company Philips also filed a lawsuit against Transsion in India.

Notably, the patents involved in that litigation to date are all non-standard-essential patents. In a dispute settled with Apple in 2019, Qualcomm had waived its right to enforce a number of cellular SEPs to avoid litigation over the technical merits of those patents.