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To: voop who wrote (9835)	4/15/2001 7:57:11 AM
From: quartersawyer	of 196856

29%-- from June 2000 article announcing the formation of the "3G Patent Platform Partnership" of operators and equipment manufacturers who were closed out of effective competition by the GSM IPR cross-licensing setup, which was also a restrictive collusion. This one masquerades as a harbinger "mechanism of collective technology transfer". The company's partners hope to cap future technology royalty payments at 5% of product costs. Currently, royalties account for as much as 29% of mobile system costs.... As well, the patent-licensing cooperative could help avoid protracted disputes such as that between equipment manufacturers and Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, California, a former hand-set manufacturer that decided to specialize in licensing key technology to other vendors instead, but at a price. totaltele.com (Originally non-profit) The 3G Patent Platform will provide commercial services within a new service company, 3G Patents Ltd, to be launched in spring 2001 following approval from the major competition authorities. The initial service offering will provide for the evaluation of patents, a declaration of their essentiality against a defined standard (basically assigns a $$$ value to the technology since there is no other known way of implementing the standard) and a licensing mechanism. 3gpatents.com Commercial Launch of 3G Patents Ltd Approaching Fast Since the 3G Patent Platform was originally defined by 41 major international competing suppliers and operators, 3G Patents Ltd cannot be launched until the major competition authorities such as the American Department of Justice, the European Commission and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission have given the go ahead. The innovative nature of the 3G Patent Platform licensing approach is causing the competition authorities to review their current attitude towards collective technology transfer mechanisms. Based on information made available from the competition authorities, the launch of 3G Patents Ltd is planned for spring 2001. On 14 December 2000, the Japanese Competition Authorities approved the 3G Patent Platform 3gpatents.com

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