For Now, Judge Lets Qualcomm Use Some of Rivalâs Technology
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A federal judge ruled that the wireless chip maker Qualcomm could sell through January 2009 some chips whose designs infringe patents held by the Broadcom Corporation.
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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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TechWeb - An international limit on Qualcomm&#39;s technology could benefit Apple, because some of the advanced phones impacted by the ban were expected to compete directly with the iPhone.
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The hit on Qualcomm from a patent suit it lost to rival Broadcom may be slashed because of an unrelated ruling that came down in August.
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Qualcomm is betting on its Code Division Multiple Access cellular technology.
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A federal judge in California ruled  on Monday that wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc  can  keep selling some chips whose designs infringe patents held by  rival Broadcom Corp  through January 2009.
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The court ruling that ended a yearlong legal battle between Texas Instruments Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. could boost TI&#39;s presence in the wireless sector, analysts say.
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After having waited for a jury's verdict last month to withstand judicial review, the International Trade Commission this morning upheld a decision to ban the import of certain goods containing Qualcomm chipsets into the US. The banned devices are mobile handsets whose use of EV-DO and W-CDMA technology was found to have infringed upon three of Broadcom's patents.
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A federal jury told wireless chip  supplier Qualcomm Inc.  to pay smaller rival Broadcom  Corp.  $19.6 million in damages for infringing three of  its patents, the companies said on Tuesday.
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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.The announcement comes two days after a&#160;U.S. federal judge issued an injunction&#160;that stops Qualcomm from selling some wireless chipsets found to infringe on the Broadcom patent.Under a special provision of the injunction, Qualcomm can continue to use Broadcom&#39;s patented technology in some existing QChat push-to-talk and 1xEV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) products through Jan. 31, 2009, as long as it pays royalties to Broadcom. New products, or existing products sold to new customers, are not covered by the automatic license.Qualcomm is still developing workarounds for&#160;infringing technology included in the QChat and 1xEV-DO products, it said.Broadcom won a patent infringement suit against Qualcomm&#160;in May and was awarded $19.6 million in damages. However, Broadcom said the injunction -- which only applies to chip sets sold in the U.S. -- was far more important than the money.Monday&#39;s injunction, issued in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, also prohibits Qualcomm from some marketing and customer support activities related to WCDMA and EV-DO chips.Qualcomm said it still wants further clarification on some aspects of the injunction, saying it could affect the company&#39;s product development. The company said it is also considering filing an appeal or for a stay of the injunction.The two companies still have other patent infringement and antitrust claims pending.&#160;
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A competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices will likely arrive several months earlier.
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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.
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An International Trade Commission judge made an initial ruling in Nokia's favor in an patent dispute with Qualcomm; final ruling expected in April.
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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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Between Qualcomm and Broadcom, victory is in the eye of the beholder.
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Just when it appeared Qualcomm finally had a fight on its hands after winning one round last month against Nokia, a judge has invalidated a good chunk of Qualcomm's original injunction request against the handset maker.
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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.The investigation is the result of a complaint that Broadcom filed with the U.S. ITC. Qualcomm is importing chips that employ a work-around of a Broadcom patent that the court ruled Qualcomm infringes. Broadcom alleges that the new technology also infringes its patent.The investigation is the latest chapter in a long-running dispute between the two chip companies. In July, the ITC ruled that Qualcomm was infringing on Broadcom patents. In a very rare decision,&#160;the ITC forbade the import of phones that included future versions of certain Qualcomm chips rather than all the offending chips because the commission decided that would have unduly damaged the economy.However,&#160;the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has since stayed that ruling.One attorney suspects that Broadcom&#39;s most recent complaint to the ITC is an effort to essentially overrule the appeals&#39; court stay.&quot;This enforcement proceeding represents a crafty way for Broadcom to get around the court&#39;s stay and go directly to the ITC to give some teeth to the remedy provided by the ITC,&quot; said Lyle Vander Schaaf, an attorney at Bryan Cave and a former ITC attorney.If the commission decides in Broadcom&#39;s favor, Qualcomm could face millions of dollars in penalties, he said.Broadcom said it is seeking fines and additional orders against Qualcomm.