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Judge rules Qualcomm withheld documents

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Qualcomm wireless technology group got a double-dose of adverse court rulings in a San Diego federal court in a patent case against rival Broadcom.

A federal judge in San Diego ruled Qualcomm knowingly did not turn over thousands of relevant documents in a patent trial against Broadcom and also misled a standards body overseeing those patents, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Tuesday. The patents in dispute related to a compression standard used in some high-definition video products.

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Qualcomm said not turning over the documents at trial was an honest mistake; however, U.S. District Judge Judge Rudi Brewster ruled differently.

"The court concludes that the conduct of Qualcomm's employees ... outlines misconduct even more extensive than the court previously found,” Brewster wrote.

Brewster ruled the San Diego company must pay Broadcom's legal expenses in the patent dispute.

Qualcomm also failed to disclose relevant patents to the technology standards body, the Joint Video Team, even as its employees helped craft the new standard, the judge said.

The decision the day after the Bush administration upheld a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling banning imports of new 3G mobile phones housing Qualcomm microchips.

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