Many times we can find that two companies that have been collaborating for quite some time to launch really innovative technologies have problems, which leads them to go through legal procedures to try to solve everything that happens without having to go to certain extremes. But apparently, since ARM they want to force Qualcomm to stop using chips based on their architecture, and they have announced that they would cancel the license that has the brand to manufacture all types of components related to the intellectual property of this company.
For a while now ARM is in a legal fight with Qualcommall this because the brand that created the snapdragon He bought a company that had not been on the market for long, Nuvia, which managed to attract enough attention to become a key factor in the company’s shares. With the acquisition of said company, from Qualcomm They assured that they could use the patents of ARM since they had a license, but the brand representing this architecture did not agree and proposed renegotiating the terms, although nothing was achieved.
ARM is in a battle with Qualcomm, they want to take away their license to manufacture their chips
One of the main aspects that we find in the world of technology is the intellectual property that each company has, and on many occasions we can think that it is something that can be used without further ado, but patents and developments are one of the most important assets. important companies. That is why no one would like any of their creations to be used without having terms that can benefit both parties, leading to legal issues to prevent one of the two parties involved from losing money.
In this case, as we have commented before, the company ARM is embroiled in a battle with Qualcomm because they have been using their intellectual property illegitimately by not having renegotiated the license after purchasing Nuvia. Now, the creators of the architecture used in all processors snapdragon have sent to Qualcomm a mandatory notification indicating that their license will be withdrawn within 60 days, which allows them to create their own chips based on standards owned by ARM.
Qualcomm has obviously not taken it too well, indicating that it is a strategy to try to interrupt the trial that will take place in December:
“This is more of the same from ARM: more baseless threats designed to force a long-standing partner, interfere with our performance-leading CPUs, and increase royalty rates without regard to the broad rights under our architecture license.” ».
In the event that Qualcomm loses the license to manufacture and market ARM-based chips, it could greatly disrupt the company’s income, since it would not only prevent them from marketing their chips, forcing them to stop all production and sales of them, but which would also include its 20 commercial partners, including Microsoft, having to stop shipments of new laptops based on Snapdragon processors.
