Parties in Arm-Qualcomm Contract and Trademark Dispute Agree to Set Dec. 16 Trial

The parties in Arm’s breach of contract and trademark infringement dispute with Qualcomm submit Dec. 16 as the date when the parties will be available for trial, Arm’s counsel Anne Shea Gaza of Young Conaway wrote U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika for Delaware in a letter Thursday (docket 1:22-cv-01146). The judge previously scheduled a five-day jury trial to begin Sept. 23 (see 2212190066). Arm alleges that Qualcomm spent more than $1 billion to buy Nuvia, a startup led by former Apple and Google engineers that licensed Arm technologies to develop high-performance processor cores for semiconductor chips. Arm alleges that Qualcomm caused Nuvia to breach its Arm licenses, leading Arm to terminate those licenses, in turn requiring Qualcomm and Nuvia to stop using and destroy any Arm-based technology developed under the licenses. Qualcomm's counterclaims argue Arm's allegations have no legal or contractual basis because Qualcomm maintains its own Arm licenses.