It’s been a tricky week for Qualcomm, after losing its motion to dismiss complaints leveled at it by the FTC in the US, regarding its patent licensing case. Judge Lucy Koh, who frequently oversaw the Apple-Samsung disputes, has ruled that the case must go to trial – noting that “the court finds that the FTC has adequately alleged that, under the circumstances presented here, Qualcomm violated a duty to deal in refusing to license its FRAND-encumbered SEPs to its modem chip competitors.” There are also allegations that Qualcomm offered lower licensing costs in exchange for an exclusive supply deal, and notably, the fallout has occurred after Apple began using Intel baseband chips in some of its iPhones. Qualcomm has fired…