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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 175.25+0.6%Dec 19 3:59 PM EST
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To: scratchmyback who wrote (53086)7/3/2006 12:11:29 PM
From: matherandlowell  Read Replies (2) of 197011
 
"is there a court in the US which would simply proclaim that the Qualcomm's patents for WCDMA are worth the 5% royalty?"

There are courts which will proclaim that no one can use QCOM's IP without permission. Nokia may get a license for the 5% royalty rate. There is no guarantee of that. The rate might be lower, might be higher. They won't be able to legally sell any WCDMA units without a deal with QCOM--that much is certain.

You have to hand it to the Finns though. They started off saying it couldn't work, then that it wouldn't work, then that it couldn't compete, and now that they own it. What a noble people they are. Can't wait to see the legal case that asserts that they have essential IP in CDMA.
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