Qualcomm's innovative Snapdragon processors are properly licensed under an agreement with Arm Holdings, a jury found in a U.S. federal court trial that removed some, but not all, uncertainty around the San Diego-based company's expansion into the laptop market.

Although it ended in a mistrial, the jury sided with Qualcomm on one of the lawsuit's most important questions.

The jury delivered its decision Friday in an industry-defining licensing battle that started over a $50 million royalty dispute.