Tuesday, August 14, 2007
A federal judge in California has awarded Broadcom Corp. double damages totaling $39.3 million in its patent infringement case against wireless chip rival Qualcomm Inc.
Broadcom (Irvine, Calif.) said Monday (Aug. 13) that U.S. District Judge James Selna also ordered San Diego-based Qualcomm to pay Broadcom's attorneys' fees in the litigation. The case involves past infringement of three Broadcom wireless chip patents by Qualcomm.
In May, a federal jury in Santa Ana, Calif., found that Qualcomm infringed the three Broadcom patents and awarded it $19.64 million in damages.
Last week (Aug. 7), a federal judge in San Diego ruled that Qualcomm engaged in "aggravated litigation misconduct" in a patent infringement case involving two digital video compression patents. The judge awarded Broadcom attorneys' fees and court costs in that case.
Also last week, the Bush administration let stand an earlier ruling by the International Trade Commission barring importation of Qualcomm chips that infringe a Broadcom patent.
An injunction hearing scheduled for Tuesday will consider Broadcom's request to bar future patent infringement by Qualcomm.
Earlier on Monday, Qualcomm announced the resignation of general counsel Lou Lupin.
By: DocMemory
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