Qualcomm is suing Chinese phonemaker Meizu - CNET

Tech giant Qualcomm aounced Thursday that it would pursue litigation against Chinese phone developer Meizu for failing to offer due compensation for using patented technologies relating to 3G and 4G communications standards.

The case, which will go before the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, comes on the heels of another. In 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission in China issued a $975 million fine -- an all-time Chinese anti-trust record -- to Qualcomm for unlawful and abusive patent demands on smaller entities in the market.

Qualcomm's current claims, however, are on the grounds of its "rectification plan" -- a rewritten policy for patented tech and royalties. So Qualcomm is now appealing to the same Chinese anti-trust authorities that fined it last year.

Meizu has not yet issued an official response to the litigation.