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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Broadcom Files Suit Asserting Qualcomm's Licensing Practices Violate U.S. Law
Irvine, CA, - Broadcom Corporation
(Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless
communications, today announced that it has filed a complaint seeking a
declaratory judgment that the sales and licensing practices of Qualcomm
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) amount to patent misuse, that Qualcomm patents
are "exhausted" by Qualcomm's practices, and that Qualcomm's patents and
patent licenses are unenforceable, under applicable U.S. law.
The complaint, filed yesterday in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of California in San Diego, asserts, among other
things, that Qualcomm's use of "exhausted" patents to control post-sale use
of products in the wireless communications industry results in a double
recovery of royalties (or other consideration) to Qualcomm for the use of
its patents. It further asserts that these practices constitute patent
misuse that has brought Qualcomm a financial windfall and brought harm to
the industry and consumers.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled on the scope of the patent
exhaustion doctrine in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader
in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom(R)
products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and
throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the
industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and
software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment,
digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices.
These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).
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