Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
Qualcomm Incorporated is a publicly-traded American multinational technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. Traded under the ticker QCOM on the Nasdaq, the company reported revenue of approximately $44.2 billion for its 2025 fiscal year and employs around 52,000 people. Qualcomm is a key player in the wireless technology industry, known for its foundational contributions to mobile communication standards like CDMA, 4G, and 5G.
The company operates primarily through two segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), which develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software for wireless devices, and Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), which licenses its extensive portfolio of patents. Its most prominent product line is the Snapdragon series of processors, which are widely used in smartphones and are expanding into other areas like automotive digital cockpits, personal computers, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Qualcomm operates a fabless manufacturing model, focusing on the design and sale of its semiconductor products while outsourcing production.
Based on the provided data, Qualcomm is an operating company defending against patent infringement suits. The single tracked case shows it as a defendant against a non-practicing entity (NPE), a common posture for large technology corporations. This suit, filed in the plaintiff-friendly U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, reflects a typical scenario where operating companies are targeted for their product sales.
The notable tracked case is Onesta IP, LLC v. Qualcomm Incorporated et al., filed in April 2025. Onesta IP is an NPE that acquired a patent portfolio from semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The lawsuit alleges that Qualcomm's Snapdragon mobile processor chips infringe on five patents related to technologies such as CPU power management and shared virtual memory management. This case is part of a broader assertion campaign by Onesta IP, which also filed a parallel action at the International Trade Commission (ITC).
This case was stayed in June 2025 pending the outcome of a related International Trade Commission investigation.
This active complaint targets Qualcomm products implementing DynamIQ Shared Unit or big.LITTLE architectures, such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform. The parties have filed a joint claim construction statement.