Qualcomm declared a “full victory” in its ongoing litigation with Arm, as a judge tossed out the remaining claim outstanding between the two companies in Arm’s suit.
Qualcomm, meanwhile, has previously sued Arm for breach of contract and interference with customer relationships. That trial is expected to kick off in March 2026, the company said in a press release.
The litigation goes back to Qualcomm’s agreement to purchase Nuvia in 2021 , which would give Qualcomm access to a team of engineers that the company hoped would improve its Snapdragon 8-series chips into something more competitive. It did, producing the Snapdragon X Elite design in 2023.
Arm didn’t see it that way. It sued Qualcomm in 2022 , arguing that the company, via Nuvia, was illegally using Arm’s intellectual prope