Patent Row Blurs Nokia, Qualcomm Management Focus
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Ongoing legal disputes over mobile phone patents between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. are consuming much executive management time, generating substantial lawyer fees and, if they escalate, could affect handset development and prices, experts warn.
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Nokia, the world&#39;s top cell phone  maker, has filed a patent counter-suit against Qualcomm Inc in  a Texas court, seeking damages and an injunction against the  U.S. chip maker.
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(InfoWorld) - 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. Broadcom says Qualcomm has created a monopoly in the market for wireless technology standards such as CDMA (code division multiple access). The decision by a group of three judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reverses a verdict by a lower court to dismiss the entire case. In August 2006, a district court in New Jersey had approved Qualcomm's request to dismiss all eight charges. Last month, Qualcomm lost another round in the long-running battle, when the Bush administrationÂ decided not to block a banÂ imposed by the U.S. International Trade Commission on the domestic sale of mobile devices using certain Qualcomm chips. Broadcom says Qualcomm has infringed its patents on the communications chips used in cell phones. And in May, a federal court jury awarded Broadcom $19.6 million in damages after finding thatÂ Qualcomm had willfully infringed three of its patents. That chain of legal losses helped push Qualcomm's general counsel, Lou Lupin, to resign in August. When the case returns to the New Jersey court, Broadcom will argue that Qualcomm has failed to fairly license the technology for cellular wireless standards, and ask the judge to eliminate Qualcomm's patent royalties and pay triple damages and attorney's fees, according to a statement by Broadcom General Counsel David Dull. However, Qualcomm said that the appellate court judges had merely upheld the two remaining charges on a legal technicality, and vowed to vigorously dispute them in court. Neither Broadcom nor Qualcomm returned calls for comment. Â
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InfoWorld - Ongoing legal disputes over mobile phone patents between Nokia and Qualcomm are consuming much executive management time, generating substantial lawyer fees, and, if they escalate, could affect handset development and prices, experts warn.
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New cellphones sold in the United States will not be allowed to use chips from Qualcomm, after a trade agency found the products infringe a patent owned by rival Broadcom.
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Nokia  said on Tuesday the  United States International Trade Commission has ordered a stay  of Qualcomm's  suit against Nokia.
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(InfoWorld) - Despite attacks on its business model, including a particularly rancorous battle with Nokia, Qualcomm said its revenue will be higher than expected for its fiscal second quarter. Instead of pro forma revenue of $2 billion to $2.1 billion, Qualcomm expects to report $2.1 billion to $2.2 billion for its second quarter, which ends April 1. The new estimate is based on better-than-expected shipments of Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem chips as well as CDMA2000 (Code Division Multiple Access) and WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) chips. Despite growing mobile phone penetration in Europe and North America, sales of CDMA2000 and WCDMA were particularly strong in those regions, Qualcomm said. Qualcomm competitor Texas InstrumentsÂ (TI) doesn't expect to have done quite as well in the quarter. On Monday, TI revised its expectations for revenue in the first quarter of this year to be potentially lower. Instead of $3.01 billion to $3.28 billion, TI said revenue will likely fall between $3.07 billion and $3.22 billion. Qualcomm's raised expectations come amid attacks on its business. A group of vendors, including Nokia, filed a complaint with the European Commission in late 2005 charging Qualcomm with anticompetitive behavior. Nokia and others claim that Qualcomm isn't licensing its technology that contributes to certain industry standards on a fair basis, as promised. Qualcomm is also involved in renegotiations with Nokia regarding their contract, which expires April 7. That renegotiation process has been marred by patent infringement lawsuits that Qualcomm has filed against Nokia in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy, as well as with the International Trade Commission. Qualcomm has also been at battle with chipmaker Broadcom. The two settled some of their patent claims against each other recently but are still arguing over others. Qualcomm expects additional solid growth in the future in part due to a couple of developments. The GSM Association chose an LG Electronics handset that uses a Qualcomm chipset in a contest to supply a low-cost 3G phone to participating operators around the globe. In addition, Verizon WirelessÂ and AT&T have said they'll use Qualcomm's mobile TV platform.
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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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Qualcomm and Nokia are working to resolve their long-running, expensive legal dispute.
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A judge has halted legal proceedings in one of Qualcomm Inc.'s complaints that Nokia Corp. violated its wireless-technology patents. The move came as a deadline neared for the two companies to renew a high-stakes licensing agreement.
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ITC blocks import of 'patent infringing' chips Chipmaker Qualcomm has appealed against a ban that could block over four million phones from entering the US market. The ban was announced by the International Trade Commission (ITC) and is the result of a long running patent dispute.â¦
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After Qualcomm rejected a $20 million payment from Nokia made with the intention of extending a license to use the network chipset provider's WCDMA technologies, Nokia responded this morning by countersuing Qualcomm. It claims some of the underlying technology in Qualcomm's chipsets actually belongs to Nokia.
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Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world&#39;s top  mobile phone maker, said on Thursday it has filed its first  patent counter-suit against Qualcomm , seeking damages  and an injunction against the U.S. company&#39;s chipsets.
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Nokia , the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday the ongoing patent battle with Qualcomm Inc.  may work against the uptake of "third-generation" mobile technology.
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By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Dec. 12--In the latest round of an ongoing legal battle between the  wireless chip makers, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled yesterday  that Qualcomm is infringing on a patent held by rival Broadcom.
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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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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to launch an investigation into patent infringement claims against Nokia, whichÂ filed its own complaintÂ with the commission in August. The complaint against Nokia comes from InterDigital, a vendor of wireless technology products based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. InterDigital filed a complaint on Aug. 7 alleging that Nokia has infringed two of InterDigital's 3G (third-generation) wireless patents. InterDigitals' complaint accused Nokia of an unfair trade practice by importing 3G handsets into the U.S., and it asked the ITC to bar Nokia from importing products with the infringing technology. The ITC, in a news release Wednesday, said it has initiated an investigation into InterDigital's complaint. The commission will set a target date for completing the investigation within 45 days, the ITC said. "The ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case," the commission said. Nokia, based in Finland, filed its ITC complaint Aug. 17, asking the commission to ban the import of Qualcomm chip sets that allegedly infringe on five Nokia patents. The commissionÂ banned some Qualcomm importsÂ in June, after complaints from Broadcom. A Nokia spokeswoman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment on the ITC investigation. The InterDigital patents involve algorithms for how 3G wireless signals most efficiently travel through the air, said Jack Indekeu, InterDigital's director of corporate marketing. The company has been talking with Nokia about the patent claims, he said. "We haven't moved forward," Indekeu said. "That's why we have to move in this direction." The InterDigital claims don't directly relate to the patent claims against Qualcomm, he added. "Companies that have spent the time and resources to invent technology are protecting their intellectual property," he said.