Qualcomm Incorporated v. Broadcom Corp.

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• noting that either waiver or equitable estoppel may properly be asserted in this context
• noting that either waiver or equitable estoppel may properly be asserted in this context
• rejecting patentee’s “ex post argument that the asserted patents do not meet the ‘reasonably might be necessary’ standard” where the patentee makes an “ex ante argument!] regarding infringement”
• rejecting patentee's \ex post argument that the asserted patents do not meet the `reasonably might be necessary' standard\ where the patentee makes an \ex ante argument[] regarding infringement\
• rejecting defense of “true waiver” but finding that “it would be improper to allow Qualcomm to rely on the effect of its misconduct to shield it from the application of the equitable defense of implied waiver”
• “[T]o the extent the written [SSO] policies are ambiguous, we must determine whether the [SSO] participants understood the policies as imposing such obligations.”

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