After Qualcomm lost a series of patent infringement cases to Broadcom last year, an injunction was issued against the mobile phone chips that were involved in the violation. Qualcomm appealed and requested a stay on that injunction. The courts have now ruled against that stay and the injunction goes into effect immediately (with some loopholes on sales of specific products through January of next year).

Qualcomm may have lost that battle but they did win a smaller victory in that the courts have agreed to the company’s request to expedite the process of the ongoing patent infringement cases between the two companies. They were tied up in court all throughout last year and want to simply move on with their business.

That business seems to be going well despite the court losses to Broadcom. Qualcomm won $1 billion of spectrum in the recent 700 MHz auction which which they are expected to use to develop mobile TV. They’re also a leader in making new chipsets that incorporate LTE technology.