Posted on 06/07/2007 1:48:03 PM PDT by HAL9000
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A federal agency on Thursday barred the import of new models of cell phones that contain semiconductors made by Qualcomm Inc., because the chips violate a patent held by a rival, Broadcom Corp.The U.S. International Trade Commission's decision represents a compromise between a ban on all phones with Qualcomm chips, as Broadcom requested, and a ban only on the chips themselves, as recommended by an ITC administrative law judge late last year.
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Most Verizon phones made by Samsung and LG have Qualcomm chips inside.
Mind-reader!
AAPL slightly up after hours, knock on wood.
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