US Prez upholds Qualcomm chip ban, Verizon snickers
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Aug 6th 2007 at 6:51PM
Qualcomm -- a company that's arguably more used to suing than being sued -- isn't finding much luck in its protracted quest to avoid a Broadcom-led ban of its 3G hardware from coming into the States. Following a recent denial of its motion to stay the ban in the court system, the President of The United States himself (or his administration, anyway) has swooped in to render an executive judgment, and it ain't looking any better for Qualcomm. Saying that the importance of protecting IP rights outweighs the inconvenience of the ban, the Bush folks have stood by the ITC's decision to impose the ban in the first place, making it seem all that much smarter now for Verizon to have sidestepped the whole ordeal and paid Broadcom itself. Barring any last minute antics, the ban gets enforced starting tomorrow.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TJ @ Aug 6th 2007 9:10PM
I think T-Mobile should follow Verizon and pay Broadcom since this could hinder T-Mobile's upcoming 3G phones that use those banned chips. Heck, all of them should go directly to Broadcom. This is crazy. Qualcomm is really going down.