Qualcomm Legally Proves Arm Breached Its License, Wins $2
A Delaware jury found Arm breached Qualcomm's architecture license but awarded only $2 in nominal damages.
A Delaware jury found that Arm breached its Architecture License Agreement with Qualcomm by withholding software patches and verification tools needed to validate custom Oryon CPU cores, and by interfering with Qualcomm's business with Meta. Qualcomm received only $2 in nominal damages, while Arm won most remaining claims, largely about pricing under a separate Technology License Agreement. Judge Maryellen Noreika has not decided whether the breach lets Qualcomm stop paying ALA royalties for five years, a question some estimates value in the billions. The dispute follows a December 2024 verdict that Qualcomm's Nuvia acquisition did not breach the license, which Arm has appealed.
- Jury awarded Qualcomm $1 on each of two winning claims, totaling $2.
- Arm withheld patches and verification tools needed to validate Oryon cores.
- Arm won most claims, chiefly pricing under the Technology License Agreement.
- Whether Qualcomm can halt ALA royalties for five years is still open.
- A December 2024 jury cleared Qualcomm's Nuvia deal; Arm has appealed.
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A Delaware jury has found that Arm breached its Architecture License Agreement (ALA) with Qualcomm, but the award is about as small as it gets. Reuters reports that Qualcomm gets just $2 in nominal damages, $1 for each of the two claims it won.
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