Arm Holdings' lawsuit against Qualcomm ended in a mistrial on Friday, with a jury delivering a mixed verdict that found for Qualcomm on a crucial issue, saying Qualcomm had properly licensed its Snapdragon central processor chips.

Qualcomm is claiming victory in its court battle with chip design giant Arm after a jury in the US found that its processor designs are properly licensed. However, the case ended in a mistrial, leaving the door open for Arm to return with a fresh action.

A US Federal court recently ruled in favour of Qualcomm in a lawsuit against ARM Holdings. A jury trial found that the former's central processors are

Nuvia was started by ex-Apple and ex-Arm employees who originally sought to design all-new Arm-based chips for servers. However, Qualcomm swooped in with $1.4 billion to change their mind (and direction), instead making high-end processors for Windows PCs that could compete against Apple.

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.

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A federal jury in the United States on Friday delivered a key win to mobile commputing titan Qualcomm in a licensing dispute with Arm, although proceedings between the chipmakers ended in mistrial.

The jury sided with Qualcomm after Arm argued the chipmaker breached a licensing agreement through a $1.4 billion acquisition of Nuvia, but the case isn’t over yet.

Qualcomm scored a major legal victory on Friday when a U.S. jury determined that the company didn't violate its licensing agreement for UK-based Arm 's chip designs following its acquisition of Nuvia.