"We brought this action," TI Senior Vice President and General Counsel Joseph F. Hubach said, "because we have received reports that Qualcomm is offering handset royalty discounts to handset manufacturers only if they purchase CDMA chipsets from Qualcomm. We are asking the Delaware court to enforce the terms of the agreement."
Qualcomm filed suit against TI on July 25 in the Delaware court over the issue of confidentiality of the agreement. On September 8, TI filed a motion to dismiss that suit, but the court has not yet ruled on the motion. The patent portfolio agreement between TI and Qualcomm was entered into in December 2000.
