US Appeals court sez Qualcomm infringed on two Broadcom patents

We could start off by telling you just how much this decision will hurt Qualcomm and just how celebratory the mood must be at Broadcom, but instead, we'll key you in on this quote: "The appeals court also rejected Qualcomm's request for a new trial." At long last, we may have actually heard the end of what has seemed like a never-ending battle between the aforementioned parties. Today, a US Appeals court upheld an earlier ruling that Qualcomm had indeed infringed upon two Broadcom patents while ruling that a third patent in question was invalid. The ruling is obviously a huge win for Broadcom, who will soon be bathing in Benjamins as Qualcomm is forced to pay mandatory royalties for the chips it sells during the "sunset period" ending January 31, 2009.

[Via Reuters]

[phanbouy @ Sep 24th 2008 3:44PM]

i thought broad and qual comms were already making the sexy time together and all was well in Hooville?

[From My Cube @ Sep 24th 2008 3:45PM]

id be content if I never saw that picture again

[phanbouy @ Sep 24th 2008 3:55PM]

the id is never content

[mykie @ Sep 24th 2008 3:49PM]

Ouch, if the live stock tickers embedded right into the article are any indication, this is a more beneficial to Broadcom (BRCM:
19.28, +0.89, +4.8%) than it is detrimental to Qualcomm (QCOM: 44.56, -1.35, -2.9%).

[phanbouy @ Sep 24th 2008 3:53PM]

Ouch, it's like getting your glasses smacked off your face.

[adam @ Sep 24th 2008 4:00PM]

DUH! Qualcomm was the one in the wrong on this one. They should probably just put up a licensing fee to Broadcom to be able to use the technology so that they can keep making and importing chips and the phones using them.

Broadcom wins and Qualcomm loses so of course their stocks will reflect that accordingly.

[bandigolo @ Sep 24th 2008 4:11PM]

@Adam.

mykie was pointing out that there was more of a % increase in BC's stock than there was a % decrease in QC's stock.

it doesn't take wall street to figure out that there would be some form of movement in those directions... oh wait, wall what now?

[bandigolo @ Sep 24th 2008 4:06PM]

Hi, my name is Qualcomm and I just pissed away hundreds of millions of dollars on shitty attorneys and sanctions, only to piss away hundreds more on royalties. Chapter 11, anyone?

If you aren't familiar with the back-story to this post, it makes for one hell of a (long) read. In fact, it would make one hell of a movie (in case any movie execs are reading this, you heard it here first).

[avester @ Sep 24th 2008 4:14PM]

Qualcom and Broadcom?

Are they like two tiny countries that have a war somewhere in the middle east, that is on the news but nobody really cares, since whoever wins doesn't make any difference, and just keeps on opressing people?

Should I use more perioids?

[bandigolo @ Sep 24th 2008 4:20PM]

No, but you should learn how to spell.

[phanbouy @ Sep 24th 2008 4:29PM]

perioid... is that something a female robot gets?

[Wout Mertens @ Sep 24th 2008 4:46PM]

"sez" ???

[hiko36 @ Sep 24th 2008 5:34PM]

I read through the article hoping it was relevant, but no, some editor is trying to be cute...

[Artie Lange @ Sep 24th 2008 5:21PM]

He look likes a young Doc Brown circa 2015.

[Mikey @ Sep 24th 2008 5:33PM]

I just hope Broadcom doesn't waste the money on hookers and blow.... well, hookers anyway.

[ethana2 @ Sep 24th 2008 5:33PM]

Screw patents. ...actually, screw broadcom too.

Hmmm... if somebody made a company named Quadcomm, could they get away with stuff like this just by confusing senile judges?

[bandigolo @ Sep 24th 2008 7:12PM]

yes, perry mason. I'm sure they would also look right past the glaring trademark infringement.