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To: carranza2 who wrote (50712)	3/1/2006 3:32:52 PM
From: matherandlowell	Read Replies (1) of 197227

Guys: To which patents does the FRAND language apply? When QCOM licensed the original spread spectrum patents for use in WCDMA, the licensing body set up the standard with the understanding that royalties would be FRAND. It would be hard to argue that the royalties on those patents were anything but fair, reasonable, etc. But new IP does not necessarily need to meet any standard language. The HSDPA patents should be outside of the FRAND language, shouldn't they? If companies like Broadcom don't want to pay royalties on new IP, what obligation does Qualcomm have to license new patents? I would think they have no obligation.

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