mmeggs:
Q can roll merrily along building cdma2000 systems in a couple years, while ERICY fights them in court trying to prove it has the right to build W-CDMA.
Why is everyone limiting the argument to just ericsson. Remember, companies such as, inter alia, Nokia, Lucent, Alcatel, Siemens and Motorolla manufacture/design TDMA/GSM systems. Who says they can't provide a W-CDMA system to their customers?
Now, here's a hypothetical situation. First, let's assume that the Q refuses to license out any of the IP pertaining to W-CDMA. (Remember, just b/c one has a license to IS-95, the Q asserts that the entity does not have a license to the next generation) Furthermore, let's assume that companies start production and sell the W-CDMA to their customers. End of assumptions.
Chances are, the Q will file a patent infringement suit against each, and every, company selling systems which violate their IP. One of the first motions the Q will file is a preliminary injunction against the entities illegally(in the Q's point of view) selling goods/services. Remember, injunctions are very hard to obtain. The Q will have to prove to the judge that the Q has a winning case..... The odds are highly unlikely. Then the suit goes to trial for years and verdicts are appealed, etc. etc. etc.
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