Court Upholds Patent Ruling Against Qualcomm

Broadcom originally filed the infringement complaint in May 2005. Late in 2007, U.S. District Court Judge James Selna issued an injunction against Qualcomm designed to stop the company from continuing its infringement of the three Broadcom patents. In August 2008, Judge Selna found Qualcomm in contempt of the injunction by failing to pay royalties to Broadcom.

"The appeals court's decision is a major victory for Broadcom in our ongoing effort to protect our intellectual property," said David Rosmann, Broadcom vice president of intellectual property litigation, in a statement.

In July, Qualcomm announced it has settled all litigation with Nokia (NOK Quote) stemming from a separate dispute and entered a new agreement with the handset maker, enabling both companies to make and sell products that use cellular network technology, including the 3G and 4G standards. Rogers said that the court's decision in the patent case with Broadcom has no relationship to the agreement with Nokia.