Qualcomm and Arm's legal battle likely won't resume until next year

Scrapbook style punk pop-art image of Cristiano Amon, chief executive officer of Qualcomm Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan on a colorful background featuring the Qualcomm and Snapdragon logos.

If you were hoping for a quick resolution to the legal fight between Qualcomm and CPU architecture firm Arm, you may be out of luck.

While a mistrial temporarily put the dispute on pause in December, the fight got even more complicated thanks to a counterclaim from Qualcomm alleging that Arm has launched a campaign to stifle competition and impede technology innovation.