Dave, Litigation is not expensive compared with the value of cdmaOne and cdma2000. As a shareholder, I'm happy to spend 1% of future revenue on a case or ten now to defend Qualcomm's property.
You said: "Let's face it, going to court is going to be extremely expensive for the Q and whoever it sues. In litigation, every hour is billable and all parties want the best legal talent money can buy."
L M Ericsson has the more expensive time of it because they get to spend all that money you worry about, and then LOSE! Now THAT would be a blow and I don't think they will be too keen. QUALCOMM can spend the money and WIN!
You also said that both QUALCOMM and L M Ericsson are all talk in regards to their IPR. Not so. QUALCOMM has patents on vital technology, namely rake receivers, power control, soft handoff and other stuff. L M Ericsson has no patents on any vital technology, which is why QUALCOMM had been selling cdmaOne technology for a decade without being prosecuted - other than a weak attempt by Interdigital. QUALCOMM has also got 17 million subscribers out there using their cdmaOne technology. That's action, not talk. How many does L M Ericsson have on their 3G-W-CDMA-VW-SETI head fake?
More action is the many, many licences which have been bought by nearly all wireless manufacturers. How many has L M Ericsson sold? You see, QUALCOMM is all action, L M Ericsson all bluster and bullshit!
1% of future cdmaOne and cdma2000 revenue would be probably a few million dollars which will buy a few billable lawyer minutes. Let's see if L M Ericsson is prepared to waste money on it!
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