Qualcomm's request for stay on chip ban refused... again
Talk about tough luck. For the second time in as many month's, Qualcomm has been flat out denied by the courts as it has attempted to stall a ban on its chips over the Broadcom patent disputes. This time around, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit "dismissed Qualcomm's request for a stay of the ban, saying that it can't consider a stay until a presidential review period is over." Furthermore, this harsh news (for Qualcomm, at least) comes just days after being evaded by Verizon, and if that wasn't enough, the EU's stamp of approval on DVB-H could put MediaFlo in a world of hurt. Hang in there Qualcomm, all's not lost... yet.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Javaflash @ Jul 22nd 2007 1:38PM
I have absolutely ZERO sympathy for this company. Qualcomm basically wants royalties for anything with an antenna attached (exaggeration to make a point). It's about time for this "tech-turn-law firm" to get a taste of its own medicine.
cromas @ Jul 22nd 2007 2:37PM
Amen brother.
parme @ Jul 22nd 2007 3:31PM
hear, hear.
strider_mt2k @ Jul 22nd 2007 5:01PM
Greed
I mean, agreed!
Frankenstein Black @ Jul 22nd 2007 5:07PM
Oh how the mighty have fallen ("we will be the Intel and Microsoft of mobile phones"). Now go die slow Jerk-offs!
Frankenstein Black @ Jul 22nd 2007 5:13PM
Oh how the mighty have fallen (we will be like the Intel and Microsoft of Mobile Phones). Now go die a slow death Jirk-offs!!
Frankenstein Black @ Jul 22nd 2007 5:15PM
Woops, Sry :^(...
anon @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:30PM
you guys who are cheering this ridiculous punishment of QCOM must not realize that BRCM is even worse
xbit @ Jul 23rd 2007 2:47AM
From my experience Broadcom are not worse. They don't try and subvert standards committees, they don't charge excessive license fees (Qualcomm charge as much for their CDMA licenses as they do for their entire chipset + license, effectively killing 3rd party chipset manufacturers) and they don't get into large scale spats with the device manufacturers.
This is karma.