Good point! That would be a lot of fun. It would need to be a Nokia-owned store for full effect.
<Better yet, Maurice, leave a twenty dollar bill on the counter, as you walk out with the phone. Tell them that`s your subjective view of FRAND. >
That would be hilarious.
Surely somebody is willing to take it on.
Unfortunately, in New Zealand, there aren't any Nokia-owned stores. But I'll think about it for non-Nokia. There are plenty of Vodafone stores.
I could buy a Vodafone Nokia W-CDMA phone, leaving $20 with my name and address so they could continue negotiations, put in a prepay SIM and be in business. They could hire some lawyers and prove that their 12% royalty is reasonable and that the phone is really worth NZ$1000.
Vodafone is receiving stolen property, which is an offence in New Zealand. Meaning they have got really dirty hands. Filthy even.
But the phones on sale now would have had the royalty paid [perhaps], so they are legitimate. But on a LIFO [last in first out], Vodafone will be receiving deliveries of W-CDMA phones now on which royalties will not be paid to QUALCOMM, so Vodafone is already in breach of QUALCOMM's patents.
I'll visit a Vodafone store and start negotiations for a royalty-free phone. Refusing to pay the 12% W-CDMA royalty would certainly be reasonable since Nokia doesn't plan on paying QUALCOMM the usual royalty. That would be a 12% reduction in the wholesale price which would be, for a NZ$1000 phone, something like $100 if the wholesale price is NZ$800.
This could be fun.
Mqurice
PS: QUALCOMM should send a staff member to, on behalf of the company, collect a Nokia phone from a Nokia store and leave $20 on the counter, along with the company's name and address should the Nokia store wish to negotiate further. Maybe send somebody from each legal jurisdiction. If Nokia wants to go nuclear, we might as well fire some rounds. |
