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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
QUALCOMM and Broadcom Agree to Dismiss Certain Patent Claims
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 23 -- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced an agreement with Broadcom to dismiss with
prejudice all claims and counterclaims associated with two patents belonging
to Broadcom and two patents belonging to QUALCOMM. The agreement results in
the dismissal of San Diego Federal Court Case No. 05 CV 1662 involving
Broadcom's claims for infringement of the two now-dismissed Broadcom patents
and eliminates the need for a trial that had been scheduled to begin on
March 5, 2007. The agreement also includes the dismissal of infringement
claims under two of QUALCOMM's patents in Case No. 05 CV 1392, also pending in
federal court in San Diego. The remaining patent infringement claims between
the parties in federal courts in San Diego and Orange County, Calif. are
unaffected by the agreement.
The two dismissed Broadcom patents were among five that Broadcom initially
asserted in complaints filed in May 2005 in the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) and in federal court in Orange County. Broadcom claimed that
the two patents related to Bluetooth technology implemented in cell phones and
cellular systems.
The two QUALCOMM patents affected by the agreement were among five
QUALCOMM patents and four Broadcom patents remaining in a separate lawsuit
filed in San Diego federal court in July 2005. Those patents had been divided
among five separate jury trials scheduled to occur throughout 2007. The
dismissal of the two QUALCOMM patents and related claims and counterclaims
will eliminate the need for one of those five trials.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and
delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services
based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego,
Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2006 FORTUNE 500(R)
company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.
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