Qualcomm Inc. prevailed at trial against Arm Holdings Plc’s claim that it breached a license for chip technology that the world’s largest maker of mobile-phone processors acquired when it bought a startup in 2021.
    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      Qualcomm bought nuvia, which had a broad license to use ARM’s IP. They used said IP to make chips.

      ARM claims that the change in ownership somehow invalidates the license and they were required to renegotiate new terms.

      They couldn’t convince a jury because that doesn’t make sense without very specific terms explicitly detailing exactly what conditions nullify their license agreement.

      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 hours ago

        I don’t know why a blanket, terms not transferable upon sale, wouldn’t have covered it, but either that is too broad or didn’t exist in the original Nuvia contract.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        That’s a bullshit argument, practically it’s the same as if Nuvia sold their license to Qualcomm, which they obviously wouldn’t have the right to do.
        I don’t see how Arm lost this suit, they did NOT grant that license to Qualcomm. The judgement seems ridiculous.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            7 hours ago

            There’s a difference between an order contract an a license.
            The license to make Arm CPU was granted to Nuvia not to Qualcomm.

  • potatopotato@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    I used to do some work with Qualcomm and ARM IP. They both need to die. ARM is holding back all manner of technologies with their absolutely insane and byzantine licensing scheme and Qualcomm is one of the most evil tech companies in existence, you just don’t hear about them because their particular evil is constrained to B2B interactions.