Qualcomm ban stayed

After a year of almost unrelenting bad legal news, Qualcomm finally has a break: a federal appeals court has granted the chip-maker a stay of the ruling banning import of many of its products into the U.S. After winning the initial suit before the U.S. International Trade Commission, Broadcom sought and won a ban on imports, which the White House declined to overturn. Now, Qualcomm and its partners have a break that should give them well into 2008 to seek other solutions.

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