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QCOM 159.42-1.2%Jan 16 9:30 AM EST
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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (75602)3/19/2008 11:26:05 PM
From: slacker711  Read Replies (3) of 197260
 
Interesting thread.

I'm curious how you square Nokia's current position on FRAND with the following quotes from a case they brought against Vitelcom that covered essential GSM/GPRS patents.

qualcomm.com

In its complaint against Vitelcom, Nokia accepted Mr.
Stasik’s findings:

“It is truly difficult to determine the separate
value of either of the individual patents. In
practice, the relationship between the number
of patents and the total amount of royalties is
not linear. For example, a license for a single
essential patent may be 2.5%, a license for two
essential patents can be 3.5% and a license
for three essential patents can be 4%, while a
license for ten or more essential patents rarely
exceeds 5%.”

Of course, I am sure that Qualcomm cut those quotes to make them sound as beneficial as possible, but I think the underlying point is likely true....Nokia was taking a similar position that Q is now.

My general thought on Nokia's FRAND arguments is that they are going to need a judge to break new ground. It isnt as if lawsuits covering patents subject to FRAND havent occurred before and AFAIK, injunctions have been part and parcel of the process.

Slacker
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