Sidley Represents Qualcomm in Its Acquisition of PickNik

Sidley is representing Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) in its acquisition of PickNik Inc., a robotics software company and steward of MoveIt, an open-source robotics manipulation framework. The acquisition is intended to advance Qualcomm’s open robotics ecosystem and more closely integrate MoveIt with Qualcomm Dragonwing robotics platforms and Arduino platforms.

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