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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5027)	5/26/2000 5:13:00 PM
From: Peter J Hudson	Read Replies (1) of 34857

Tero, >>Why should Nokia license its IPR before an industry-wide agreement has been reached? Isn't the usual procedure to first reach an agreement on IPR and then start licensing? Of course Qualcomm is free to sign up any company that agrees to.<< I don't know what you mean by industry-wide agreement. Agreement on what? Why should a license agreement be industry-wide. I think your socialist roots are showing. Isn't the usual procedure to have IPR issues worked out before you announce agreements to sell the technology. You refer to Nokia's WCDMA deals, are these deals to provide WCDMA made without having licensed the technology necessary to manufacture the infrastructure, or is Nokia confident they will not need others IPR? Again, I think all the players know who owns the essential IPR for WCDMA. I predict this standoff will end like the ERICY / QCOM standoff did. I might be out on a limb, but the view is wonderful. Pete

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