Jeff, re: BRCM v QCOM Santa Ana Case-
It appears that QCOM can continue to sell legacy EV-DO chips thru Jan 31, 2009 by paying BRCM a healthy royalty on those chipset sales.
And, QCOM is enjoined from infringing until expiration of those three patents. I recall that those patents were purchased from Intermic, being originally patented by Norand in the mid 1990’s.
Any idea when those three patents expire??
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Broadcom's U.S. Patent No. 6,847,686
Under the terms of the injunction, Qualcomm is prohibited from making, using, selling, offering for sale, and importing so-called third generation (3G) WCDMA and EV-DO chips in its "Enhanced Multimedia" and "Convergence" platforms, and from developing new WCDMA and EV-DO chips that use Broadcom's patented video processing chip architecture. Sales of infringing WCDMA chips and new infringing EV-DO chips are enjoined outright, effective immediately. Provided that Qualcomm pays Broadcom a royalty of 6% of all revenues Qualcomm received and receives for sales of infringing EV-DO chips occurring after May 29, 2007, Qualcomm may continue to sell infringing legacy EV-DO chips to legacy customers of those products during the period between May 29, 2007 and January 31, 2009 only.
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broadcom.com.
“….permanently enjoined from infringing or inducing
the infringement claim 3 of U.S. Patent No. 6,847,686 (“‘686 Patent”), until the expiration of the patent,..” |
