Qualcomm Wins New Trial in $173m Patent Dispute

A US appeals court has granted semiconductor company Qualcomm’s request for a validity hearing in a patent infringement case that saw it slapped with a $172.7 million fine.


On Friday, July 31, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also agreed that there should be a new trial concerning alleged infringement in the case, which centred on four patents asserted against it by radio frequency technology company ParkerVision.