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To: Ingenious who wrote (90891)12/28/2000 2:36:25 PM
From: Quincy  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Raj and Ingen, you should know better.

The scope of a patent needs to be as broad as possible.

To use the USPTO search engine correctly, you must name all necessary components to a working phone. Not just the thingie right next to the antenna. For example, CDMA needs power control. But, a properly written power control patent probably won't limit its scope to CDMA.

Patent is still enforceable when a new modulation technique comes out that needs rake receiver IPR.

WCDMA must outperform TDMA/GSM to garner customer demand and generate royalties for Qualcomm. I know that IS95, WCDMA, GSM, and IS41 are public standards just as Nokia has claimed. But, new IPR is continually needed for today's phones to outperform last year's phones.

Still waiting for someone to demonstrate WCDMA that sings and dances circles around good old GSM that doesn't use IPR Q developed and patented.

Knowing Qualcomm has years of CDMA experience outside of CDMAOne, I am confident there is nothing wrong with their IPR scope.

Could be a moot point anyway. Licenses will be easy once Q adds GSM hardware to their WCDMA multimedia chipset plans.
I see no reason to think N isn't looking over its shoulder at Asian phone manufacturers.
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