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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 177.78-2.2%Jan 9 9:30 AM EST
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To: limtex who wrote (62054)4/5/2007 1:56:02 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 197147
 
NOK isn't saying that exactly. It is saying that Q's patents are "paid up" by which I figure they mean that there isn't any relvant patent with an unexpired life. They are all now public domain.

Having looked at the patents recently, I don't think they've expired yet. Perhaps one. They will, however, begin to expire, in the next couple or so years.

As I understand it, and I may be wrong, the license for the core patents does indeed become fully paid up on 4/9/07. The argument NOK makes is that the other patents which build on the core patents are not worth the rate Q wishes to charge.
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