Delaware Jury Finds Arm Breached Qualcomm Deal, Awards $2 as 5-Year Royalty Fight Looms
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Updated · Computerworld · Oct 15
Delaware Jury Finds Arm Breached Qualcomm Deal, Awards $2 as 5-Year Royalty Fight Looms
3 articles · Updated · Computerworld · Oct 15
Summary
$2 in damages left the bigger stakes unresolved after a Delaware jury found Arm breached its Qualcomm license by failing to provide required software patches and development tools.
The jury also found Arm interfered with Qualcomm's relationship with Meta, but rejected several other claims, giving both sides grounds to claim partial victory.
Qualcomm now wants to trigger a contract clause that could halt royalty payments to Arm for five years, while Arm argues the provision is unenforceable and Judge Maryellen Noreika must decide.
The verdict follows Qualcomm's earlier wins over Arm in the Nuvia dispute, though Arm has appealed, and analysts said the remaining fight centers on licensing remedies rather than current Snapdragon PC products.
Qualcomm still held less than 1% of the PC market in Q2 2026, with adoption constrained more by Windows-on-Arm compatibility, incumbent suppliers and chip pricing than by the lawsuit.