Arm Holdings Plc is canceling a license that allowed longtime partner Qualcomm Inc. to use Arm intellectual property to design chips, escalating a legal dispute over vital smartphone technology.Arm, based in the UK,

Arm has taken its feud with Qualcomm to the next level, two years after filing a lawsuit against its former close partner. According to Bloomberg, the British semiconductor company has canceled the architecture license allowing Qualcomm to use its intellectual property and standards for chip design.

Qualcomm’s recent Snapdragon Summit was a major showcase for the company’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite system-on-a-chip, which includes Qualcomm’s Oryon CPU, but the good vibes are souring wit | Analyst say Arm may be looking to force a settlement before the two companies meet in court on Dec.