Judge dismisses remaining claims in Qualcomm licensing dispute, but Arm vows to appeal ruling

Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia have secured a decisive legal victory over Arm Holdings, concluding a multi-year dispute over the scope of license agreements tied to Arm’s processor designs.

A U.S. District Court judge in Delaware ruled that neither Qualcomm nor Nuvia breached Arm’s Architecture License Agreement (ALA), dismissing the remaining claim in the case and denying Arm’s request for a new trial. The decision follows a jury verdict in December 2024 that had already cleared Qualcomm of violating Arm’s ALA and Technology License Agreement (TLA).

The dispute

At the heart of the case was Qualcomm’s use of Oryon cores — originally developed by Nuvia for server-grade chips — in its Snapd

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