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To: waitwatchwander who wrote (62900)	4/20/2007 11:40:40 AM
From: rkral	Read Replies (2) of 196946

I'm reasonably sure HSPA handsets are considered WCDMA devices by both Qualcomm and Nokia. UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service) is a registered trademark of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). There is a connection (not sure of the "official" connection) between the EU (European Union) and ETSI. Qualcomm's IPR declarations with ETSI, and when there is an associated European Patent (EP), usually show something like "European Patent Office, FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN, SWEDEN, UNITED KINGDOM." I don't know if that means the EP filing is a formal filing only for the countries named ... OR if filings were made at an EP office and at patent offices of the named countries. If it's the former (as I believe), it appears Nokia is trying to establish that Qualcomm's patents are only applicable in a small percentage of the 25+ EU countries, and when Nokia makes this argument, they use the EU term "UMTS." Personally, I think it's a red-herring argument -- just another BB in their shotgun.

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