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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 175.32+0.3%3:59 PM EST
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To: manalagi who wrote (72857)1/1/2008 10:41:19 AM
From: kech   of 196857
 
1) Did the engineers know that QCOM infringed BRCM patents when they developed the WCDMA chips? If yes, why did not the legal dept stop the project or at least negotiated with the patent holder - namely BRCM. If no, what kind of research did the patent lawyers do?

If you read some of the previous posts, it seems like they probably knew but thought Broadcom would want a cross-license. Instead Broadcom is playing a deeper game, holding out on signing the cross-license until they have exacted maximum damage.

See for example:

Message 24173288

and

Message 24173295
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