Court says Qualcomm waived right to patent

NEW YORK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM.O) on Tuesday said a federal judge in San Diego has ruled that Qualcomm has waived its rights to enforce certain patents asserted against Broadcom Corp. (BRCM.O) related to a video compression standard used in some high-definition products.

The court held that Qualcomm had deliberately concealed two patents from the standard setting body responsible for developing the H.264 video standard and therefore was precluded from enforcing the patents, Qualcomm said.

The company plans to appeal the decision.

(Reporting by Franklin Paul)

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