The Press Enterprise reported today, January 2, 2008:
Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday that a federal judge's order to stop selling chips for cell phones that infringe on rival Broadcom Inc.'s patents will have an immediate impact on its business.
U.S. District Judge James Selna of Santa Ana ruled Monday that Qualcomm cannot sell chips that rely on three Broadcom patents, the latest development in a number of legal disputes between the two companies. The judge allowed Qualcomm to continue selling some chips until the end of January 2009 if it pays royalties.
The judge ordered an immediate ban on a digital video patent used for cell phones that run on wideband CDMA, or WCDMA technology, which is growing fast in Europe. Qualcomm said its customers tested a WCDMA chip that sidesteps the Broadcom patent and that it should be commercially available by the end of March.
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