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To: slacker711 who wrote (76064)	4/3/2008 2:02:40 AM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) of 197233

Cross licensing at RIMM Per RIMM's conference call today, RIMM made an interesting acquisition, perhaps in order to avoid the 16% IPR tax in the future :). As it was, they reported gross margins of 51% (including services), but hardware sales amounted to 81% pf earnings, meaning that even if 19% of their revenue came with 100% gross margin, their hardware sales alone had 32% gross marginsat the worst, which is already better than many of the cabal members. seekingalpha.com "Maybe one last quick question. Could you talk about what the $310 million in intangible assets in the acquisition for the quarter was? Edel Ebbs That was a patent acquisition. Jim Balsillie I mean it is basically just buying a patent portfolio. Some of them are encumbered in some areas and some are not. It is a lot of fundamental IPR. Very fundamental IPR. It is very, very helpful in having a strong, strong patent portfolio in licensing discussions and we are very fortunate to have been able to acquire and develop a very powerful patent portfolio and we will likely continue. "

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