Judge dismisses Arm's last legal claim against Qualcomm

"Qualcomm is claiming complete victory over Arm in their licensing spat, after a court in Delaware ruled it has not breached the terms of any architecture license agreement (ALA) with the chip designer. This latest verdict [PDF] follows the court case at the end of last year, when a jury found largely in favor of the California chipmaker. This legal row concerned whether Qualcomm had broken the terms of its licenses with Arm when it acquired Nuvia,"

"In those hearings, the jury was unable to reach a consensus on whether Nuvia had breached its own ALA with Arm. The final ruling this week by District Judge Maryellen Noreika finds in favor of Nuvia and Qualcomm, that Nuvia did not in fact breach its ALA with the UK-based chip designer. This means that for the three issues raised in the December trial, the court has come down on the side of Qualcomm's in each case."

A Delaware court ruled that Qualcomm did not breach any architecture license agreement (ALA) with Arm following Qualcomm's acquisition of Nuvia. A prior jury trial in December largely favored Qualcomm, while jurors were unable to reach consensus on whether Nuvia breached its own ALA. District Judge Maryellen Noreika found that Nuvia did not breach its ALA, resolving the three disputed issues in Qualcomm's favor: whether Nuvia breached its ALA, whether Qualcomm breached Nuvia's ALA, and whether Qualcomm's CPUs using Nuvia designs were licensed under Qualcomm's ALA. Qualcomm called the decision a full victory; Arm intends to appeal.

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