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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 163.88-0.4%11:33 AM EST
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To: slacker711 who wrote (75692)3/21/2008 12:28:29 PM
From: Stan  Read Replies (2) of 197218
 
Allow me to pitch in re the "conspiracy." While it is true that pre-trial discovery is loosely granted, courts generally will give protective orders against fishing expeditions if there is no showing of the bases of the inquiries. I would submit that the filing of lawsuits by two different Parties does not rise to the level of a valid inference of conspiracy. Moreover, as Slacker has noted, the name assignment by a person not employed by either of the alleged conspirators would not be enough. Since there has been a change in Q's legal staff I can only hope that it is not making the same misguided mistake as their predecessors. That is, shoot buckshot at the target, and then look ridiculous when it misses. If Q has nothing more to support the claim, it will color the opinion of the judges who might otherwise have thought favorable to Q's position on the important issues.
Finally, a word about the definition of "collusion". While most definitions do require them to be "secret" I suppose there are cases where public "collusions" have been found. However, another part of the definition is that it must be an "illegal" conspiracy. I have a difficult time concluding that an Agreement between Nokia and Broadcom as to which company would be filing legal actions, and where they would be filed, could possibly amount to an "illegal" event that would support a claim of "collusion".
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