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To: Uncle Mikey who wrote (1266)	12/11/1996 4:55:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	of 1819

Well, well, well, the plot thickens: Ericsson Inc. said that it will vigorously defend itself against the legal actions filed today by Qualcomm and that it will press its own legal claims that Qualcomm has infringed numerous Ericsson patents pertaining to Code Division Multiple Access. Ericsson's comments follow the breakdown of talks in which Ericsson had sought to establish fair and reasonable terms for sharing its CDMA technology with Qualcomm. Describing the Qualcomm complaints as "completely without merit," Ericsson said that it had made every effort to settle its patent infringement claims against Qualcomm through negotiation rather than litigation and that it will now move forward to assert its claims against Qualcomm products that use Ericsson patents. Ericsson has had a long-standing research program in CDMA, which may have application in future broadband wireless systems. The company said that it had no plans to alter its position regarding IS 95, a wireless standard advocated by Qualcomm that also utilizes CDMA technology. Ericsson said that it has a long history of supporting the open exchange of technology and abides by all industry guidelines for sharing technology on fair and reasonable terms. Ericsson's 90,000 employees are active in more than 130 countries. Their combined expertise in switching, radio and networking makes Ericsson the world's leading supplier in telecommunications. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That second to last paragraph sounds like begging. They better get their money out!! They have 90 000 people who will be out of a job if they don't buy a super expensive IS-95 licence. I think about $1bn up front would be fair and 10% higher price than the last licensee to sign per subscriber unit. Of course if they don't like that, they could simply continue with the world beating GSM system and forget CDMA which they have said all along won't work, unless it has chicken wire and bubble gum to hold it together. This is great!!! Maurice PS: Tom, get your case study recording notes ready to write. Ericsson is going to be a major chapter!!

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