The U.S. Dist. Court, San Diego, issued an order blocking Maxim I...
The U.S. Dist. Court, San Diego, issued an order blocking Maxim Integrated Products from any “current and future acts” that misappropriate Qualcomm trade secrets. But the court refused to order Maxim to stop selling 2 lines of chips that…
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are used in CDMA handsets. The court found that while Maxim “has shown a course of past conduct… that is predatory, wrongful and in violation of the laws of the State of Cal.” Qualcomm has yet to demonstrate “past misappropriation has resulted in irreparable injury.” A trial slated to begin in June will decide whether 2 Maxim phone chip lines infringe on 4 Qualcomm patents.