SoftBank’s Arm Is Suing Qualcomm for Licensing and Trademark Violations
- Arm accuses Qualcomm of using technology without permission
- Conflict centers on Qualcomm’s purchase of Nuvia last year
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Arm Ltd. sued Qualcomm Inc. for breach of contract and trademark infringement, setting up a legal showdown between the SoftBank Group Corp.-owned chip company and one of its biggest customers.
The conflict centers on Qualcomm’s acquisition of chip startup Nuvia Inc. last year. That business developed chip designs using Arm licenses and they can’t be transferred to Qualcomm without permission, according to the suit filed in the US District Court in Delaware. Nuvia’s licenses were terminated in February after negotiations failed to reach a resolution, Arm said.