The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that Arm Holdings breached a licensing agreement with Qualcomm and intentionally interfered with the chipmaker's business relationship with Meta, a Delaware jury found Tuesday. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says, however, the jury awarded damages of just $2 (U.S.). The verdict followed a five-day trial, the second in two years between the companies, that highlighted the deterioration of their business relationship after SoftBank Group acquired control of Arm in 2016 and Arm shifted from licensing the technology needed to make chips to selling chips of its own. Both companies welcomed aspects of the verdict, which leaves some key issues unresolved. The jury found Arm breached its obligation to provide software patches and tools for its designs. The jury found for Arm on five other breach allegations. The jury also found that Arm intentionally and negligently interfered with Qualcomm's relations with Meta. Qualcomm claimed it had been on the cusp of a deal with Meta in 2024 when Arm allegedly leaked to Bloomberg that Qualcomm had breached a licensing agreement, delaying the Meta agreement. The findings keep open Qualcomm's claims ahead of the lawsuit's next phase.
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