UK chip designer Arm sues Qualcomm over license violations

San Francisco, Sep 1 : Softbanks owned British chip maker Arm has filed a lawsuit against chip maker Qualcomm together with the startup Nuvia (acquired by Qualcomm for $1.4 billion) over trademarks for chip designs violations.

In the course of this, Qualcomm allegedly caused Nuvia to violate its Arm licenses, which led Arm to end its licenses in which case it required Qualcomm as well as Nuvia to cease using and destroying any technology based on Arm that was developed pursuant to the licenses "Undeterred, Qualcomm and Nuvia continue to work to implement Nuvias version of Arm architecture in violation of Arms rights as the creator and licensee of the technology" according to the lawsuit.In addition, Qualcomms conduct suggests that it is already and plans to utilize Arms trademarks to promote and sell the products in the US even though those products are not licensed according to the statement.

Arm now is calling on Qualcomm as well as Nuvia to cease using and destroying the pertinent Nuvia technology and also stop the unauthorized use of Nuvias trademarks with their products.Arm is also seeking compensation in connection with its application of its trademarks in connection with semiconductor chips that incorporate the pertinent Nuvia technology.

In a statement to the Registrar, Arm said that Qualcomm has violated the conditions of the Arm license agreement by continuing to develop under the expired licenses.Qualcomm replied to Arms suit, declaring "Arms lawsuit is an unfortunate departure from its long-standing and successful partnership with Qualcomm" "Arms complaint is ignoring the fact that Qualcomm has broad, well-established , and well-established license rights for its custom-designed CPUs We are confident that these rights will be confirmed," the company said.na/ .