Qualcomm Readies Chipsets Despite Court Ban
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The chipmaker has maneuvered around a court order to ship new wireless chipsets that do not infringe on a competitor's patent.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission has denied a request by Qualcomm Inc. to stay an ITC ban on the importation of some Qualcomm chips and cell phones into the U.S. while the company continues its appeal in a patent infringement case filed against it by Broadcom Corp.
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The U.S. International Trade  Commission has denied Qualcomm Inc.'s  request to stay  an order banning imports of new phone models with Qualcomm  chips the trade agency said infringe a Broadcom Corp.   patent, Broadcom said on Friday.
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A federal appeals court has dismissed Qualcomm's request to stall a ban on its chips over the Broadcom patent dispute.
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There was scant consolation for chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM) in a long-awaited court decision on its patent dispute with rival Broadcom (BRCM). On June 7, the U.S.
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Trade group says chipset tech in some phones runs afoul of patents at the center of Qualcomm's battle with Broadcom.
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Set-top box that works with Viiv-compliant PCs on the way, but hurdles remain on the chipmaker's path to digital living room.
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A federal court on Friday dismissed a request by Qualcomm Inc. to delay an import ban on new cell phones containing the company's chips, which were were found to infringe patents held by Broadcom Corp.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. International Trade Commission barred the import of future models of phones using Qualcomm third-generation chips, marking a blow to the vendor in itsÂ ongoing intellectual property battle with Broadcom. New models of phones and personal digital assistants that hit the market after Thursday and that include certain Qualcomm chips can't be imported to the U.S., according to the order. The Commission decided to limit the ban to forthcoming phones because banning all phones with Qualcomm chips would have been against public interest and could hurt the economy and U.S. consumers, it said in a statement. The decision to only focus on future devices was a compromise. Banning all phones would be a "great burden" to companies that may not have enough other products to choose from, the ITC said. However, banning only the chips and not actual phones wouldn't offer much relief to Broadcom as not many chips are imported. The compromise was designed to be acceptable to companies that buy the phones while still offering relief to Broadcom, the ITC said. The move follows aÂ Commission finding late last yearÂ that Qualcomm had infringed on a Broadcom patent that relates to power management. The patented technology helps save battery life when a mobile phone can't find a wireless signal. Broadcom has said that essentially all third-generation EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) and WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) phones use it. The ban follows a hearing before the ITC that happened on May 21. During the hearing, Broadcom and Qualcomm were allowed to argue the merits of a ban. Broadcom asked the commission to ban all handsets with Qualcomm's WCDMA and EV-DO chips, excluding smartphones, PDAs, and laptop cards. Qualcomm asked the commission to consider the effect such a ban would have on consumers and emergency response agencies. The ban is effective immediately and becomes final in 60 days. The ITC case is just one of many between the two companies in their ongoing argument over patent violations. Last week,Â a jury found that Qualcomm had infringed on three other Broadcom patents, awarding Broadcom $19.6 million in damages. Qualcomm plans to challenge the ruling. The companies have also recentlyÂ dismissed other patent infringement cases against each other. Qualcomm faces legal challenges from other camps as well,Â an indication of how much these companies believe is at stake in the wireless industry. Qualcomm is separately embroiled inÂ a series of legal maneuvers with Nokia, which claims that the chip maker charges too much in licensing fees. A licensing agreement between the two expired in February, and they have yet to hammer out a new one.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)&#160;said it will investigate whether Qualcomm is complying with a ban that prohibits it from importing certain chips into the U.S.
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While upholding a ban on importing Qualcomm chips themselves into the US, an appeals court judge stayed the ban for individual phone manufacturers to continue shipping their phones here.
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The International Trade Commission will investigate whether Qualcomm is following a court order in a patent suit.
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Judge says competitor Maxim may have infringed on Qualcomm's patents but won't bar sales of contested cell phone chips.
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A federal court won't consider Qualcomm's request for a stay of a trade commission order that bans the importation of its chips into the U.S.
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Chip maker likely is making way for new products.
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Qualcomm is shipping four new wireless chip sets that do not infringe on a video encoding patent held by competitor Broadcom. Qualcomm expects the WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) handsets containing the chips to go on sale in the U.S. by April, it said Wednesday.
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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Broadcom could press forward with an antitrust case against rival chip maker Qualcomm, but on only two of the eight original charges, the companies said.