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Abhinav Davuluri
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We Don't View BlackBerry Refund as a Concern for Best Idea Qualcomm; Maintaining $68 FVE

On April 12, an arbitration panel announced a binding interim award demanding Qualcomm to refund $814.9 million to BlackBerry for royalties on past device sales. Over the yearlong disagreement, BlackBerry had argued that there should have been a cap on royalties paid in advance that hadn’t been applied, while Qualcomm disputed this claim and noted that the payments in question were nonrefundable. Given that BlackBerry is in the process of sunsetting its hardware business, the issue at hand is no...
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Qualcomm Inc

Qualcomm is engaged in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry. The company's segments include: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, which is a developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software based on code division multiple access, orthogonal frequency division multiple access and other technologies; Qualcomm Technology Licensing, which grants licenses or otherwise provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which, among other rights, include certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products; and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives, which makes investments.

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Abhinav Davuluri

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