Arm Ltd. V. Qualcomm Inc. Et Al
Arm, a technology company that licenses its intellectual property related to processor core designs, granted Nuvia licenses to design custom processor cores based on Arm's architecture. However, after Qualcomm acquired Nuvia for over $1 billion in January 2021, Arm discovered that Nuvia had breached its licenses by using Arm's technology for purposes other than the development of custom processor cores. As a result, Arm terminated Nuvia's licenses and demanded that Qualcomm and Nuvia stop using and destroy any Arm-based technology developed under the licenses. Arm has now filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm and Nuvia, seeking specific performance of the termination provisions of the Nuvia licenses, injunctive relief, and damages for the use of Arm's trademarks in connection with semiconductor chips incorporating the relevant Nuvia technology. The lawsuit alleges that Qualcomm and Nuvia have violated Arm's rights as the creator and licensor of its technology and have improperly used Arm's trademarks to advertise and sell unlicensed products in the United States.
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