Broadcom (BRCM) Announces Judge Finds Qualcomm in Contempt of Injunction on 3G Products

August 28, 2008 4:26 PM EDT

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) announced that a federal judge today found Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) in contempt of an injunction he ordered last December designed to prevent Qualcomm from continued infringement of three Broadcom(R) patents.

U.S. District Judge James V. Selna found that Qualcomm violated the injunction by continuing to use and support infringing WCDMA chips and ordered Qualcomm to immediately cease such use and support. The court further found that Qualcomm violated the injunction by failing to pay royalties to Broadcom on its infringing QChat(R) products. Citing the "egregiousness" of Qualcomm's conduct, the court ordered Qualcomm to pay Broadcom the gross profits Qualcomm has earned on its infringing QChat(R) products. Judge Selna further ordered Qualcomm to pay Broadcom's attorneys fees in connection with the contempt proceedings.

Broadcom Corporation designs, develops, and supplies semiconductors for wired and wireless communications markets.


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