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To: gdichaz who wrote (76016)	7/9/2000 6:04:22 PM
From: 16yearcycle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

To gdichaz and everyone, Thanks for your replies to my post. Obviously we have to have clear and firm legal ground to pursue and win a lawsuit, but a tremendous amount can be accomplished simply be pursuing legal avenues and the publicity that can be generated by an effort to clarify the ipr issues flowing around QUALCOMM. Some of you have suggested it's not that big a deal and the media always messes up on complex issues. This may be true but what is different is that we see a daily pattern of error and misrepresentation of our business position at QUALCOMM. Clarifications are ignored. Look, there has not been one story reviewing Irwin Jacobs response yesterday. Also, look at the goofy Dow release today back a few posts from mine. These reporters and media companies are making little attempt to get things right. I am going to be out of commission for about a week, but I am going to pursue this. Frankly,I am retired and have the time and inclination to do it. I think it is appropriate to contact the company and see what they say, and I will do this. It does occur to me that it may be even more potent to not have the company involved and do this as interested shareholders. There should be no concern about being countersued, any time soon. We start by finding out what position we have, if any. If we have a leg to stand on, after reviewing evidence drawn from the hundreds of reporting errors and possible conflicts of interest that we could unearth through research, we enter into discussions designed to educate and clarify issues. If we are able to make headway with "them" and they start getting things right, the job is done. If after offering "proof" of Qualcomm's position, the reporting still exhibits a pattern of distorting the facts, we would have an even stronger case. In the end, of course, you hire competent counsel and do what they tell you to do. We have allies too, such as the CDMA group that tried a clarification on Friday, which WAS reported somewhere. I'll start the process the week after next and we will see how it goes.