Broadcom Corp. did not infringe on patents controlled by Qualcomm Inc., a federal court jury in San Diego decided Friday in one of a half-dozen legal duels between the rival chip makers. In the suit, San Diego-based Qualcomm said Broadcom owed $8.3 million for infringing on two Qualcomm patents used in chips for video compression in electronic devices, such as Applevideo iPods, high-definition DVD players, and cable and satellite TV set-top boxes. That dollar figure is relatively small for the two chip titans, which are battling in several courts and international trade organizations over control of the next generation of cell phone technology.

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