In the latest development in the on-going saga that is the Qualcomm-Broadcom patent dispuute, Qualcomm rejected Broadcom’s offer to settle a patent dispute with a $6 royalty for each affected phone. The patent, which involves technology to extend battery life, has been bypassed by Sprint. The wireless carrier has implemented a software patch to bypass the technology – leaving it free to import mobile phones in the face of the ITC ban.
Qualcomm and Broadcom are still in talks to try and resolve their dispute, but we find it pretty hilarious that Qualcomm snubbed Broadcom’s offer – despite having all Qualcomm’s 3G chips banned from US import. These guys just don’t want to play nice.
[Via: Yahoo]