District court grants Qualcomm victory in litigation brought by Arm

A U.S. District Court judge granted Qualcomm (QCOM) a victory in litigation brought by Arm (ARM) confirming that neither Qualcomm nor its subsidiary Nuvia breached Nuvia’s license agreements with Arm. The decision in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware dismissed the lone remaining claim in Arm’s lawsuit filed against Qualcomm and Nuvia, in which Arm alleged breach of the architecture license agreement between Nuvia and Arm. The Court ruled in favor of Nuvia. The ruling follows Qualcomm’s victory over Arm during the December 2024 trial in which a jury decided unanimously that Qualcomm did not breach the Nuvia ALA and that Qualcomm’s CPU cores incorporating technology obtained in the Nuvia acquisition were properly licensed under Qualcomm’s own ALA. The Court’s ruling today upholds those jury verdicts and rejects Arm’s attempts to overturn them. The Court also rejected Arm’s request for a new trial. “With the Court’s decision today, Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia have achieved a full victory. This decision follows Qualcomm’s December 2024 jury trial win and is a full and final judgment in Qualcomm’s favor. Our right to innovate prevailed in this case and we hope Arm will return to fair and competitive practices in dealing with the Arm ecosystem,” Ann Chaplin, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm Incorporated said. Qualcomm’s separate lawsuit against Arm for breach of contract, improper interference with customer relationships, and for Arm’s pattern of conduct seeking to hinder innovation and better position Arm’s own products over its long-standing partners’ is ongoing. The company expects a trial in March 2026.