gidchaz:
In their upcoming court battle, there is no doubt in my, or anyone's, minds that both Ericsson and Qualcomm have the best legal talent money can buy. With this legal talent (which I should add have many more years of litigation, IP, contracts, etc. than I have on this planet and will every have on this planet) come experts within the realm of wireless communications.
One of Ericsson's claims in this court case is that Qualcomm is infringing on Ericsson's patent on 'Soft Handoff'. With the information (i.e. the two patents), it is clear to me that Ericsson has the first Patent on 'Soft Handoff'. However, as was pointed out, it appears that it was disclosed in a TDMA environment.
On this thread, it has become clearly apparent that all feel that Qualcomm is justified to extremely broad coverage and interpretation to their patents. With respect to some patents, broad coverage may be justified. However, when given a fact that Ericsson has the first patent on 'Soft Handoff', all feel that Ericsson is entitled to very narrow coverage.
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