A Delaware jury reached a verdict in the Arm and Qualcomm licensing trial, finding Arm breached agreements by withholding software patches and tools and interfered with a business deal.
The jury awarded $2 in damages while siding with Arm on four other claims.
The two companies have been at loggerheads in court for years, ever since Qualcomm bought Nuvia in 2022. After a five-day trial, jurors ruled that Arm breached their agreement by failing to provide software and tools for its designs, while also intentionally interfering with Qualcomm's business deal with Meta.
Qualcomm had argued that in 2024, Arm leaked information to Bloomberg News that Qualcomm had violated their agreement while the Meta deal was being finalized, causing a delay. For their part, the jury found in favor of Arm on four other Qualcomm claims and decided to award Qualcomm one dollar for each of the two counts where it was found guilty, for a total of two dollars.
How did the two companies react?
Both sides released statements saying they were satisfied with the decision.
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Arm accused Qualcomm of suing to avoid paying billions in royalties. Qualcomm, for its part, said it was vindicated because a jury found that Arm violated the agreement and tried to disrupt its business.
What remains to be decided?
The legal dispute is not over, as Judge Maryellen Noreika still has to resolve several disputes between the two companies.
If the judge rules in Qualcomm's favor, the company could potentially stop paying royalties to Arm for five years. Arm argues that such a penalty is legally unenforceable.
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