Qualcomm achieves victory over Arm in licensing dispute

The company states: “A U.S. District Court judge granted Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) a complete victory in litigation brought by Arm Ltd. (ARM), rejecting Arm’s attempts to stifle innovation and 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 today 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 innovative 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.”