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Broadcom wins court ban on Qualcomm products
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2008/01/02 06:25
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Communications semiconductor provider Broadcom has announced that a federal judge has issued an injunction against Qualcomm's continued infringement of three Broadcom patents. As ordered by the US District Court, the injunction prohibits Qualcomm from making, using and selling certain chipsets and software that infringe the three Broadcom patents. The injunction is effective currently and also prohibits Qualcomm from engaging in a broad range of additional activities.
Regarding Broadcom's US patent no. 6,847,686, Qualcomm is prohibited from making, using, selling, offering for sale, and importing 3G WCDMA and EV-DO chips in its 'Enhanced Multimedia' and 'Convergence' platforms, and from developing new WCDMA and EV-DO chips that use Broadcom's patented video processing chip architecture. The sales of infringing WCDMA chips and new infringing EV-DO chips have been enjoined outright, effective immediately.
Regarding Broadcom's US patent no. 5,657,317, the injunction prohibits Qualcomm from making, using, selling, offering for sale, and importing EV-DO chips found to infringe Broadcom's patent, and from developing new EV-DO chips using Broadcom's patented simultaneous network access technology. Sales of new infringing EV-DO chips have been enjoined outright, effective immediately.
Regarding Broadcom's US patent no. 6,389,010, the injunction prohibits Qualcomm from making, using, selling, offering for sale, and importing infringing mobile devices using its QChat push-to-talk software, and from developing new push-to-talk software that infringes Broadcom's patented network selection technology. Sales of new infringing QChat devices have been enjoined outright, effective immediately. |
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