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To: slacker711 who wrote (76121)	4/5/2008 10:15:06 AM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (2) of 197157

believing that the Chinese would be complacent about paying billions in royalties to Motorola, Ericsson, Siemens, and Nokia [2004] ChinaNex noted: " Holders of GSM patents may propose a 5% CHARGE for Chinese handset makers.... negotiations behind closed doors....the time of free use of patents is over for Chinese companies.... one way to avoid ROYALTIES is to acquire technology through joint ventures, but technology transfer at JV's is limited...." Message 20561454 =============================================== [ iSuppli, 2004:] GSM Handset Technology Owners Push for Royalty Fees by Byron Wu - Director, China Research The major owners of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular-phone Intellectual Property (IP),ncluding Nokia, Motorola and Sony-Ericsson, are beginning to charge patent fees from some makers of GSM handsets in other countries besides China. It’s not entirely clear if or when these patent fees will be levied on Chinese GSM handset makers. The royalty fees amount to as much as 12 percent of the total cost of a handset. isuppli.com

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