A Delaware jury found Arm breached its architecture license with Qualcomm
The jury entered judgment against Arm on the license and on tortious interference, at one dollar in damages each, while clearing it on the technology-license and good-faith claims.
A jury in the District of Delaware returned a unanimous verdict on October 13 in the consolidated Qualcomm suits against Arm, and Judge Maryellen Noreika entered judgment the same day.
The jury found that Arm breached Section 5 of the Architecture License Agreement by withholding what the judgment calls ACKs and OOBs, both before and after January 8, 2023, and set damages at one dollar. It also found that Arm intentionally and negligently interfered with Qualcomm Technologies’ economic relationship with Meta, again at one dollar.
Arm won the rest. The judgment records that it did not breach three sections of the Technology License Agreement concerning the Hunter, Hayes and Yamin cores, and did not breach the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by failing to offer Qualcomm reasonable terms for the GIC-700, MMU-700 or ELA-600. All remaining motions under Rule 50(a) were denied as moot.
Both companies claimed the outcome. Arm said the jury had found in its favor on four claims and had awarded only one dollar on each of the other two. Qualcomm said it was gratified that the jury found Arm had breached the agreement and had acted intentionally to disrupt its businesses, and that it remained focused on delivering products including its Oryon CPUs. Neither statement mentioned vehicles.