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To: Raymond who wrote (1698)3/28/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: brian h  Read Replies (1) of 34857
 
Reymond,

Your statements simply illustrate that you do not understand what a compromise means to both companies! Please compare ERICY's CDMA portfolios (les than 8 I believe. Now you know why ERICY dropped those other nonsense patents prior to this settlement.) vs. Qualcomm's (300 patents or more). Then you will realize how close that 6% (if that is the right rate) is to QCOM. Do not get confused. Other companies such as LU and MOT had the same type of deals with QCOM before. ERICY did not get any better or any worse agreement with QCOM.

It is just a face saving scheme for ERICY by stating ERICY is also a CDMA inventor. ERICY got it. What is more do you want to know? QCOM got what it wants to sign all major telcomm. players under its CDMA world. Even as you said ERICY may delay it. Still ERICY will go for WCDMA. It will have to pay royalty fee to QCOM. Of course, Q has to pay GSM royalty to any company with respective IPR. That does not change the fact that ERICY finally signs a license with QCOM after all the denying tactics.

One thing for sure out of this deal is that more companies which want to make WCDMA gears will have to sign a new licenese fee and royalty agreement with QCOM. That is a sure thing. I am waiting for that to happen including Nokia. Pay up or forget your WCDMA. If that is not a victory for QCOM's IS-95 (all future WCDMA also will have to IS-95 compatible!) I do not know what else.

Best,

Brian H.
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