US Appeals court sez Qualcomm infringed on two Broadcom patents

We could start off by telling you just how much this decision will hurt Qualcomm and just how celebratory the mood must be at Broadcom, but instead, we'll key you in on this quote: "The appeals court also rejected Qualcomm's request for a new trial." At long last, we may have actually heard the end of what has seemed like a never-ending battle between the aforementioned parties. Today, a US Appeals court upheld an earlier ruling that Qualcomm had indeed infringed upon two Broadcom patents while ruling that a third patent in question was invalid. The ruling is obviously a huge win for Broadcom, who will soon be bathing in Benjamins as Qualcomm is forced to pay mandatory royalties for the chips it sells during the "sunset period" ending January 31, 2009.

[Via Reuters]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2008 4:32PM]

Yeah but can it sync with outlook, specifically calendar, e-mails and contacts?
Clearly the Samsung instinct cannot.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2008 4:37PM]

My apologies, the above post was meant for another thread, too bad you cannot delete or undo

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 26th 2008 11:53PM]

In your face Qualcomm!

2nd!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 5th 2008 6:27AM]

If only this was the beginning to the end of the Bush-cpu period for HTC.