{"id":6860,"date":"2024-12-20T01:14:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T01:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2024-12-20T05:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:04:22","slug":"qualcomm-vs-arm-trial-day-4-both-parties-rest-their-case-and-jury-deliberations-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/qualcomm-vs-arm-trial-day-4-both-parties-rest-their-case-and-jury-deliberations-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm vs. Arm trial, Day 4 \u2013 Both parties rest their case, and jury deliberations begin."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row fullwidth=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6878 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day-4_Arm_Vs_Qualcomm-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day-4_Arm_Vs_Qualcomm-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day-4_Arm_Vs_Qualcomm-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Summary of Day 4<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Check out the summaries of previous days: <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3P0FVc0\">Day 1<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BoyAzP\">Day 2<\/a>,<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4gl08oB\">Day 3<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Today was the last day of the hearing. Both parties gave their closing statements, which were primarily rehashes of their arguments so far. The presiding judge gave final jury instructions, and the jury started deliberations around noon. They will have to decide on three questions, and their verdict on each of the questions will have to be unanimous. They deliberated until the end of the day (4:30 p.m.) but didn\u2019t converge. They will return tomorrow at 9 am. The judge might also discuss remedies tomorrow.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I am hopeful that the Jury will come up with a verdict tomorrow, or else they will have to come back on Jan 3<sup>rd<\/sup> next year because of the Christmas holidays. That will be a nightmare scenario as they might have forgotten all the testimonies and other details.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Come back here tomorrow for the fifth and possibly the final day\u2019s update.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Highlights of Day 4:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">There are three questions (really two, as 1 &amp; 2 are similar) the jury has to answer, as I had discussed in the <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BoyAzP\">Day 2 blog<\/a>:<\/span><\/h6>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Whether Nuvia has breached section 15.1(a) of Nuvia ALA?<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Whether Qualcomm has breached section 15.1(a) of Nuvia ALA?<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Are Qualcomm products using Nuvia technology covered under Qualcomm ALA?<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Section 15.1(a) refers to destroying Arm&#8217;s confidential information after ALA cancellation. The second question is interesting, as Qualcomm was never a party to the Nuvia ALA. However, Arm claims that since Qualcomm enjoyed the benefits of the technology developed under the Nuvia ALA, it has to be associated with that contract. The third question is Qualcomm\u2019s counterclaim, which is to protect it from any future litigation related to Nuvia technology.<\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Arm, in its closing statement, reiterated the same arguments from the last three days and tried to address some of the issues raised by Qualcomm<\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nuvia\/Qualcomm needed Arm consent for acquisition<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nuvia breached the confidentiality requirements of ALA by sharing it with Qualcomm<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Qualcomm bought Nuvia because of cost savings, not performance issues<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Arm Technology includes Architecture Compliant Core (check out <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BoyAzP\">Day 2 blog<\/a> for details)<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Many things Qualcomm raised are irrelevant (e.g., SoftBank\/ Masayoshi Son\u2019s influence, letters to Qualcomm customers, CEO compensation, etc.)<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Arm\u2019s presentation was more direct \u2013 this is a contract case, and here are our arguments on why we are right.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Qualcomm\u2019s closing statement also included a rehash of arguments presented during the course of the trial, as well as a few new things:<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Where is the harm? Arm never claimed any harm or damage<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">It sent letters to over 40 OEMs suggesting Qualcomm had breached the Arm contract<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Processor design, RTL code, and other Nuvia Technology were not a derivative of Arm technology<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">There was no assignment of <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ALA?src=hashtag_click\">#ALA<\/a> to Qualcomm &#8211; Qualcomm ALA covers all its products (Contract states \u201cwork done by itself &amp; others\u201d)<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Arm Architecture Reference Manual is a publicly available document, not confidential<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The primary reason for Arm to bring this case is to increase revenue from Qualcomm, done at the behest of the Chair of the Board<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Unlike Arm, Qualcomm&#8217;s approach was a little bit emotional, mentioning harm to the chip industry and ecosystem, etc.,<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row fullwidth=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Summary of Day 4 Check out the summaries of previous days: \u00a0Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. Today was the last day of the hearing. Both parties gave their closing statements, which were primarily rehashes of their arguments so far. The presiding judge gave final jury instructions, and the jury started deliberations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraanalyst.com\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}