Qualcomm strikes back

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Qualcomm has filed suit against Broadcom Corporation in a federal court in San Diego for alleged infringement of seven Qualcomm patents.

, a developer of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other wireless technologies, has filed suit against

Corporation in federal court in

for infringement of seven Qualcomm patents.

Qualcomm's lawsuit asserts infringement of patents that are "essential" to the manufacture or use of equipment that complies with the GSM, GPRS and EDGE cellular standards (GSM Standards) and to certain interoperability standards for wireless local area networks popularly known as Wi-Fi.

Qualcomm said in a statement that patents that are "essential" to a standard are those that must necessarily be infringed to comply with the requirements of the standard. Qualcomm's complaint states that Broadcom is infringing six of the patents by the manufacture and sale of integrated circuits for use in GSM Standards handsets and is infringing the remaining patent by the manufacture and sale of semiconductors for Wi-Fi devices. QUALCOMM is seeking an injunction against Broadcom's continued manufacture and sale of these products as well as monetary damages.

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