Arm and Qualcomm are heading to trial this week in Delaware after two years of legal disputes. The legal battle over a licensing agreement puts Arm in conflict with one of its largest customers. The trial could have big implications for the entire chip industry, from M&A to IP. The dispute centers on a licensing arrangement connected to Qualcomm's $1.4 billion acquisition of chip startup Nuvia in 2021. Should Arm win the legal battle, it could halt shipments of laptops made by partners — including Microsoft — that contain disputed Qualcomm chips.

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Persons: Stacy Rasgon, Rene Haas, Cristiano Amon, Nuvia, Gerard Williams, Haas, Alex Heath, —, Jim McGregor, Rasgon Organizations: Qualcomm, Reuters, Bernstein Research, SoftBank, TIRIAS Research, Forbes, Financial Times, Microsoft, Arm Locations: Delaware