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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (3241)	6/28/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike: There has been a long, long detailed discussion of the Q's patent position on the Q thread. Especially in the months prior to the Ericsson/Qualcomm settlement. No way to repeat it here. Since you do your own research and are very very careful, I suggest that you check that out thoroughly as is your custom. In brief and in sum tho, 3 points: The current Q patents re air interface - the key to Q's CDMA patent position, is both wide and deep. The current patents are crucial, so much so that Ericsson caved. The patent lawyers on the Q thread seem to think that the Q has a special hook on their patent agreements which in effect keep the licensee bound to continue to pay well beyond the expiration of any individual key patent. In addition, as you say the Q has a string of patents pending. And the Q has an R&D operation which is tied in very directly with churning out key (read essential) patents on CDMA in all its flavors for the future. In short, with all Mr Fun's knowledge of LU, he is wide of the mark on his comment re the Q's patent position. You can sleep at night on this one IMO - after you do your own research of course. :-) Respect, Cha2