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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 179.26+0.5%3:59 PM EST
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To: Sully- who wrote (1385)7/25/2000 7:51:59 PM
From: A.L. Reagan   of 196971
 
Nice balanced post, wstera. Some interesting statements from Spinco's S-1 (that and QCOM 8-K have me a bit bleary-eyed for now.)

"QUALCOMM may sublicense our patents, patent applications and invention disclosures essential to any wireless telecommunications standard to third parties for use in wireless applications so long as the third parties agree not to assert their patent rights against us with respect to our manufacture, use or sale of products for use in compliance with any wireless telecommunications standard. With respect to any proposed QUALCOMM sublicensee that does not agree that it will not assert its patents against us, we will be required to license such essential patents to that sublicensee on a fair and reasonable basis, free from unfair discrimination.

"In the event of a change of control of QUALCOMM, we may terminate QUALCOMM's right to designate our patents, patent applications and invention disclosures for assignment to QUALCOMM, QUALCOMM's right to grant further sublicenses to our patents, patent applications and invention disclosures and QUALCOMM's right to license the patents, patent applications and invention disclosures that we do not assign to QUALCOMM."
10kwizard.hoovers.com
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So, there will in fact be one-stop licensing convenience available for the GSM'ers, and yet another poison pill in the QCOM pot.
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