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Arm lawsuit against Qualcomm ends in mistrial and favorable ruling for Qualcomm

Arm Holdings sued Qualcomm over the alleged breach of a licensing agreement. But a jury today found it could not reach a conclusion on one of the allegations and found in favor of Qualcomm on another.

Arm sued Qualcomm after Qualcomm acquired Arm licensee Nuvia for $1.4 billion. The jury could not come to an agreement on whether Nuvia breached its license agreement, but it also said that Qualcomm did not breach Nuvia’s license with Arm.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.