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To: rkral who wrote (75530)	3/17/2008 3:28:23 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) of 197227

Sorry, that was supposed to be "expired patents", not "expired licenses." Well in that case, I agree with you (and Eric). Nokia & Qualcomm's public statements leave very little wiggle room for any interpretation other than that Nokia has a contract which now affords them a perpetual, nonroyalty-bearing license to certain early, unexpired patents. Nokia clearly believes that any new licensing agreement with Qualcomm should be reduced in part by the value of the paid up portion of Qualcomm's portfolio. Meanwhile, Qualcomm probably was willing to agree to the "paid up" covenant of their earlier contract since that has no impact on their flat rate bundling business model.

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