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To: matherandlowell who wrote (61206)	3/23/2007 5:07:33 PM
From: lml	Read Replies (2) of 197243

"many other companies charge half as much." Many companies charge half as much for what? The value of a patent relates to what the patent can do, not just that it is a patent. What value does the patent create for the user? The value a patent has for a user will determine what the user is willing to pay the patent owner. The issue raised by your comments goes to the heart of NOK's litigation strategy on royalty rates. It's been pumping the fact that Q's CDMA-based IP today is a much smaller percentage of the total IP stack built into WCDMA phones, due to all the IP it's been piling on as WCDMA technology has become more critical to their top line. So what? Regardless of how much IP NOK & its GSM cabal pile onto the CDMA platform, it's still a CDMA platform, so how has the "value" of Q's IP changed over the years? It hasn't. If anything it's more valuable, not less. There's a lot one can do with smoke & mirrors. Fortunately, when it comes to presenting these arguments before a tribunal, jurists will see through all the BS. JMO.

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