In 2022, Arm ignited a legal battle after Qualcomm continued to pay its existing royalty fees to Arm, which were allegedly much lower than what Nuvia was paying. After the two failed to come to an agreement, Arm argued the designs licensed to Nuvia were no longer valid, and that Qualcomm should destroy the technology created with them.

Qualcomm's central processors are properly licensed under an agreement with Arm Holdings, a jury found in a trial in U.S. federal court that removed some, but not all, uncertainty around the mobile chipmaker's expansion into the laptop market.

The verdict of the trial related to the development of the Oryon CPU cores gives Qualcomm the victory over ARM.

A jury sided with Qualcomm on two of three key points, but couldn't reach a verdict on the third, resulting in a mistrial. The judge cautioned against a new trial and recommended mediation.