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To: qdog who wrote (3079)	11/8/1999 11:07:00 PM
From: Bux	Respond to of 13582

I'm not sure it is that simply. I suppose you could charge for the smart card, which holds the key to the IPR, but not the DSP itself, as it is pretty dumb without that key and capable of many things. See this is what bugs me, how does it playout in the legal space? The license agreement would govern this. None of us have seen the actual license agreements but rest assured they are probably not small documents. We know Qualcomm has licensed it's IPR for use in subscriber devices (amongst other things). If the IPR would be used in a smartcard, this would likely be taken care of in the licensing agreement, if not, an addendum would need to be added to the license agreement that spelled out how the royalty is calculated for smartcards that can be used in multiple subscriber devices. What is it about this that you find suspect? Best wishes for a fun and refreshing trip to South America! Bux