The Inquirer is reporting that Qualcomm will be ponying up some cash to Broadcom – to the tune of $19.6 million. The lawsuit embattled chipmaker has filed and fought its fair share of patent suits over the past year. Broadcom filed suit against Qualcomm for infringing on patent related to video compression, push-to-talk, and simultaneous voice and data processing. A jury has found in favor of Broadcom and has ordered chip-maker Qualcomm to pay $19.6M worth of damages – although Judge James Selna has stated that he may well increase the fine to $60M if he finds that the patents were intentionally infringed upon.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) is slated to make a June 7th decision on whether shipments of Qualcomm chips should be banned from US import. And, Broadcom is rubbing salt into Qualcomm’s fresh wound by bringing another case to the ITC over a separate patent infringement. Given the recent judgment, this whole situation doesn’t bode too well for Qualcomm.
The decision comes on the heels of Nokia’s recent filing aginst Qualcomm over (what else?) more patent infringments. These guys just don’t stop. Can’t we all just play nice?
via: theinquirer