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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)
QCOM 165.85+1.5%2:46 PM EST

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To: A.L. Reagan who wrote (73010)6/1/2000 10:02:00 AM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Juno take Q to court
Thursday June 1 9:42 AM ET

Juno Files Suit Against NetZero, Qualcomm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet services provider Juno Online Services Inc. said Thursday it has filed suit in Delaware federal court
seeking monetary damages and an injunction against NetZero Inc. (NasdaqNM:NZRO - news) and Qualcomm Inc. (NasdaqNM:QCOM -
news) for alleged patent infringement.

Qualcomm is the publisher of Eurdora e-mail software currently being distributed by NetZero.

The patent protects technology that Juno (NasdaqNM:JWEB - news) said it developed to enable
advertisements and other content to be displayed to an Internet user while that user is offline. It
expands Juno's revenue opportunities while minimizing telecommunications costs by allowing the
company to display advertising to Web access subscribers even while they read and write e-mail
offline, rather than only while they are online.

The latest version of Qualcomm's Eudora e-mail software includes a setting called ``sponsor mode'' that lets advertising be displayed
while the user reads and writes e-mail. NetZero, a provider of free Internet access, has begun distributing the new version of Eudora
and encouraging its subscribers to use it, Juno said in a statement.

Juno said the patent was one of several issued to it in 1998 and claims NetZero and Qualcomm are infringing the patent by producing
and distributing software that implements Juno's offline architecture.

NetZero and Qualcomm spokeswomen were not immediately available for comment.
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