TMCnet’s Spencer Chin has written a well-researched article on the recent patent dispute between Broadcom and Qualcomm. The International Trade Commission has ruled Qualcomm Corp. cannot import some of its baseband chips into the U.S. because they violate patents owned by semiconductor supplier Broadcom Corp. The ban would effectively bar the import of future 3G phones that use Qualcomm’s baseband chips.

 

This is pretty scary.