Qualcomm Inc (QCOM)

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What's up with this? Found it over at Q's home page.

"SAN DIEGO — JANUARY 18, 2005 — QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, reported that the United States District Court in San Diego has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. from any “current and future acts misappropriating trade secrets of QUALCOMM.” The court found that QUALCOMM “has shown a course of past conduct by Maxim that is predatory, wrongful and in violation of the laws of the State of California.” Under California law, misappropriation consists of the acquisition, disclosure or use of the trade secrets of another, including the development or sale of products that contain or benefit from any misappropriated trade secrets. Although the Court denied QUALCOMM’s additional request for a further injunction barring Maxim’s sale of two specific chip lines for a year, Maxim’s sale of integrated circuits or any other products found to contain or benefit from any of the QUALCOMM trade secrets misappropriated by Maxim would violate the injunction. "