High court narrows penalty against Qualcomm
A federal appeals court agreed that Qualcomm violated a standards body's rules but said its punishment should be reduced.
Tessera loses patent ruling, stock dives
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that competitors did not infringe chip-packaging patents owned by Tessera Technologies, sending the semiconductor vendor's stock down nearly 10 percent at the end of trading on Monday.
Adobe taps ARM, Qualcomm for mobile Flash
At the Adobe Max 2008 conference in San Francisco Monday, the company will tout both the changing landscape for Flash, which is becoming more prominent on mobile devices, and mobile alliances with Qualcomm and processor maker ARM.
Appeals court affirms Qualcomm infringed patents
An appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Qualcomm did indeed infringe two Broadcom patents, and upheld an earlier injunction on products that use the patents.
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