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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (3735)	3/3/2000 1:43:00 PM
From: Kayaker	Read Replies (2) of 34857

It's distorted to look at Qualcomm's position by just asking whether other manufacturers can bypass Qualcomm's IPR. The interesting question is: can Qualcomm bypass the IPR of Ericsson and Nokia in W-CDMA? If it can't, it will have to agree to license-swapping. If nok, ericy, and qcom all have IPRs for W-CDMA then it's peachy for nok and ericy, but no so great for any other manufacturer. Why pay royalties to nok, ericy, and qcom for W-CDMA when you can go with CDMA2000 and only pay royalties to qcom. And aren't there others claiming IPRs for W-CDMA? Won't it be years of squabbling and court cases before it settles out? Where are the W-CDMA chipsets that match the CDMA2000 and HDR chipsets from qcom? It sounds like you're hoping for a repeat of the GSM "patent pool" arrangement. Q has been very clear that they won't participate in such an arrangement and I quote "We've had no interest in joining that patent pool and we'll continue with our existing bilateral license negotiations."

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