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> Bad way of doing business, in any case. From Qualcomm? ARM gave Nuvia a sweetheart deal (including IP access) specifically to help tune and spread ARM on th
by masklinn 2y ago
> Bad way of doing business, in any case.
From Qualcomm?
ARM gave Nuvia a sweetheart deal (including IP access) specifically to help tune and spread ARM on the server. Rather than negotiate for their own deal, Qualcomm decided to purchase Nuvia in order to reuse the IP and licenses, neither of which the agreement allowed according to ARM.
- kalleboo 2y agoQualcomm already has their own blanket license and their own custom cores. Nuvia's license only covered server products, so Qualcomm could not use the acquired license anyway. ARM claims that Qualcomms pre-existing license does not allow "technologies developed by third parties under different Arm licenses". So I guess the case will come down to arguing if an acquired company counts as "a third party" or not
- bluGill 2y agoIt also comes down to if the courts will allow exclusion of "technologies developed by third parties under different Arm licenses". In some cases the courts will determine some clause like that grossly unfair and so not enforceable. (seems unlikely, but type of thing can happen)
- kalleboo 2y agoAnd what is a "technology". Can you literally not use anything patented by a third party ever? In court cases like this, technicalities like this matter a lot.