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Broadcom Fails to Win Ban on Qualcomm-Based Phones (Update1)

By Susan Decker and Peter J. Brennan

Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Broadcom Corp., a maker of chips for consumer devices, failed to convince a judge to recommend a ban on U.S. imports of mobile phones that use Qualcomm Inc.'s newest chips.

International Trade Commission Judge Charles Bullock said in a decision released today that Qualcomm chips infringe one Broadcom patent, and that phones using the chips also infringe the patent. The judge said two other patents weren't infringed.

Still, the judge said he ``does not recommend'' that any order banning Qualcomm chips in the U.S. cover cell-phones made by other companies that use the chips.

To contact the reporters on this story: Susan Decker in Washington at [e-mail] ; Peter J. Brennan in Los Angeles at [e-mail] .

Last Updated: October 10, 2006 11:03 EDT