Arm v. Qualcomm lawsuit ends in mistrial and ruling in favor of Qualcomm

Arm Holdings sued Qualcomm for alleged violation of a licensing settlement. However a jury at the moment discovered it couldn’t attain a conclusion on one of many allegations and dominated in favor of Qualcomm on one other.

Arm sued Qualcomm after Qualcomm acquired Arm licensee Nuvia for $1.4 billion. The jury could not agree on whether or not Nuvia violated its licensing settlement, but it surely additionally dominated that Qualcomm didn’t violate Nuvia’s license with Arm.

“We’re happy with at the moment’s resolution,” Qualcomm mentioned in a press release. “The jury upheld Qualcomm’s proper to innovate and affirmed that every one Qualcomm merchandise at problem within the case are protected by Qualcomm’s contract with ARM. We are going to proceed to develop world-class, performance-leading merchandise that profit customers all over the world, with our unimaginable Oryon ARM-compatible customized processors.

The jury mentioned Qualcomm correctly licensed its central processor chips. Arm shares had been down after hours, whereas Qualcomm shares had been up barely. The case in U.S. federal court docket in Delaware could possibly be retried.

The jury additionally discovered that Qualcomm’s chips, created utilizing Nuvia’s personal expertise, are correctly licensed below Nuvia’s cope with Arm. Because of this Qualcomm can proceed to promote them. These chips assist Qualcomm enter the private laptop market.

In a press release, Arm mentioned: “We’re upset that the jury was unable to achieve a consensus on the claims. We intend to request a brand new trial because of the jury’s impasse. From the beginning, our high precedence has been to guard Arm’s mental property and the unparalleled ecosystem we’ve got constructed with our valued companions over 30 years. As at all times, we’re dedicated to driving innovation in our quickly evolving market and serving our companions whereas advancing the way forward for computing.

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