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Qualcomm bought nuvia, which had a broad license to use ARM's IP. They used said IP to make chips.
ARM claims that the change in ownership somehow invalidates the license and they were required to renegotiate new terms.
They couldn't convince a jury because that doesn't make sense without very specific terms explicitly detailing exactly what conditions nullify their license agreement.
I don’t know why a blanket, terms not transferable upon sale, wouldn’t have covered it, but either that is too broad or didn’t exist in the original Nuvia contract.
Companies get acquired all the time. Losing licenses is not the norm.
It's not about losing a license. ARM's angle was that Nuvia's license was for the server market. Qualcomm had their own license for the mobile chips. ARM's issue was that the chip was developed under one license and sold/manufactured under another. (At least the first version)