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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)
QCOM 165.05-1.1%3:59 PM EST

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To: Ingenious who wrote (14183)8/27/1998 3:30:00 AM
From: Clarksterh  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Leland - Is95 is an important standard but it is just not the only one that a group of people could conjure up

You seem to be confusing the standard with the core technology. Standards, shmandards - who cares?! It is the core technology on which Qualcomm has patents. Try reading my original reply to you again, and avoid rereading the garbage Forbes article (you list it in your profile as a hobby - going to Vegas is probably a more lucrative hobby judging by that article.) <g>

As for patent trades, I have no doubt that some swapping will happen, but do you really think that a flip phone (which suffers from the ability of the competition to work around it easily) is worth the same as a Qualcomm patent which is much more readily defended due to the bottlenecks. Intellectual Property is like Real Property in that not all property is equally valuable (as the Real Estate Agents say - 'Location, location, location'). Or, to look at it another way, Qualcomm is receiving a huge amount of royalties from some of the best companies in the business (although exactly at what rates is unknown) which tells me that their IPR is more valuable than most.

Clark
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