Qualcomm (QCOM) Completes Corp. Restructuring
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Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) completed the Company's previously announced plans to modify its corporate structure. As previously stated, the corporate structure changes have been implemented, among other reasons, in order to enhance Qualcomm's ability to quickly deliver products to its customers, while further protecting and insulating its valuable patent portfolio from any claims resulting from actions and activities by portions of the company other than the Qualcomm Technology Licensing Division (QTL). Qualcomm did not undergo this restructuring in anticipation, or as part, of spinning out either the QTL or QCT businesses, nor was this change in response to any third party actions or claims.
The new corporate structure features the parent company, Qualcomm Incorporated, which includes QTL and corporate functions, as well as most of Qualcomm's patent portfolio, and a wholly owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), which, along with its subsidiaries, now operates substantially all of Qualcomm's research and development activities, as well as product and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT.
Under the new structure, QTI and its subsidiaries owns patents specifically developed for purposes of providing open source software contributions by QTI and its subsidiaries, whereas substantially all of the remainder of the company's patent portfolio is owned by Qualcomm Incorporated. QTI and its subsidiaries have no rights to grant licenses or other rights to patents held by Qualcomm Incorporated. There are no changes to the intellectual property that is currently owned by Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc., which works closely with the open source community to accelerate the advancement of the wireless industry as a whole.
The new corporate structure features the parent company, Qualcomm Incorporated, which includes QTL and corporate functions, as well as most of Qualcomm's patent portfolio, and a wholly owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), which, along with its subsidiaries, now operates substantially all of Qualcomm's research and development activities, as well as product and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT.
Under the new structure, QTI and its subsidiaries owns patents specifically developed for purposes of providing open source software contributions by QTI and its subsidiaries, whereas substantially all of the remainder of the company's patent portfolio is owned by Qualcomm Incorporated. QTI and its subsidiaries have no rights to grant licenses or other rights to patents held by Qualcomm Incorporated. There are no changes to the intellectual property that is currently owned by Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc., which works closely with the open source community to accelerate the advancement of the wireless industry as a whole.
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