A Delaware court found Qualcomm not guilty of violating licensing terms for using Arm technology through its subsidiary Nuvia. Arm sued Qualcomm in 2022, claiming that the license held by Qualcomm did not transfer to Nuvia after the company was acquired. They bypassed additional licensing fees so that Nuvia could continue to use Arm technology.
In December last year, a jury found Qualcomm not guilty and the court confirmed it yesterday. Arm said it would appeal the court's decision. Arm and Qualcomm will meet again in court to resolve the breach of contract and infringement lawsuits early next year.
Last year, Arm threatened to revoke Qualcomm's license because the Snapdragon 8 Elite and X1 Elite were equipped with Oryon CPUs that were allegedly developed without a valid license by Nuvia. The source of the dispute is that Qualcomm pays a lower license rate than Nuvia. Arm does not produce its own chips and generates revenue from licensing technology that is also used by Google, Apple, Samsung and Huawei.