Qualcomm Inc.
Dow Jones Newswires -- July 20, 1999
DJ Qualcomm Seeks To End Licenses Granted To Motorola>QCOM
SAN DIEGO (Dow Jones)--Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) filed a new lawsuit that seeks to terminate licenses
the company
granted to Motorola Inc. (MOT), and to retain all licenses Motorola granted to Qualcomm under a 1990
agreement
between the two companies.
In a press release Tuesday, Qualcomm said it filed the lawsuit in San Diego in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern
District of California where the two companies have each filed lawsuits related to their Patent License
Agreement.
Qualcomm said its latest complaint alleges that Motorola breached the deal by, among other things, filing
patent-infringement lawsuits over patents licensed to Qualcomm.
Qualcomm, which makes digital wireless communications products, said the new lawsuit also seeks to
invalidate some
patents formerly licensed to Motorola as soon as the companies' license deal ends. After the agreement's
termination,
Motorola's code-division multiple access, or CDMA, handsets and network infrastructure equipment would
infringe
Qualcomm patents, Qualcomm said.
Earlier complaints filed by the two companies are related to Qualcomm's "Q" phone, which Motorola says
infringes its
design and patents.
Motorola is a telecommunications company that offers wireless products and services, semiconductors and
other
electronic components. |
