Arm on Wednesday said it had filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm and Nuvia for breaching of license agreements with Arm as well as trademark infringement. The CPU architecture developer wants to destroy certain Nuvia designs as well as fair compensation for the usage of its trademark.
As it turns out, Qualcomm transferred Nuvia's Arm license to a newly formed entity after it purchased the company last March without Arm's consent, which Arm says is a standard restriction under Arm's license agreements. Since the companies could not come to terms, Arm terminated Nuvia's licenses in March, 2022. Instead of getting a new license, Nuvia continued to develop processors based on the Arm instruction set architecture, which is a breach of license agreements, according to Arm. Furthermore, since Nuvia and Qualcomm continued to use Arm's trademark when talking about Nuvia's upcoming processors, they also used it illegally.
"Because Qualcomm attempted to transfer Nuvia licenses without Arm's consent, which is a standard restriction under Arm's license agreements, Nuvia’s licenses terminated in March 2022," a statement by Arm reads. "Before and after that date, Arm made multiple good faith efforts to seek a resolution. In contrast, Qualcomm has breached the terms of the Arm license agreement by continuing development under the terminated licenses. Arm was left with no choice other than to bring this claim against Qualcomm and Nuvia to protect our IP, our business, and to ensure customers are able to access valid Arm-based products."
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