Qualcomm defeats Arm’s final legal arguments in licensing trial

Sag added, “while I don’t believe we will ever know all the facts of this case, it has fundamentally changed the relationship between Qualcomm and Arm, and possibly the broader Arm ecosystem. These court battles are not good for either company, so I had always hoped that things would be settled before they ever went to court.”

Alvin Nguyen, senior analyst at Forrester Research, viewed the court’s ruling as a decision that “ended up where it was expected to end up,” and said Arm’s challenge in appealing is that “obviously, any judge is going to try to do as much as they can [during a trial] to make sure that their judgment stays final.”

He pointed out that, for now, Qualcomm is comfortable working with Arm technology for its proven technology. “They have already invested the time in it and their incentive would be to stay with Arm rather than move away from it,” he said.

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