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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (76814)	7/17/2000 11:39:28 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Qualcomm: Japan, Europe Uphold CDMA Patents Dow Jones Newswires SAN DIEGO -- The Japanese Patent Office and the European Patent Office upheld three of Qualcomm Inc.'s (QCOM) patents covering important features of code division multiple access systems, or CDMA. Separately, the digital wireless technology company said it is expanding Toshiba Corp.'s (J.TOS) CDMA license. In a press release Monday, Qualcomm said the Japanese Patent Office confirmed the Japanese version of the company's first CDMA patent, originally filed in the U.S. in 1986. The patent, which claims inventions that are essential to all viable commercial CDMA standards, was challenged in Japan in 1999 by six companies including Nokia Corp. (NOK), L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. and NTT Docomo Inc. (J.NTX). In two separate decisions, the European Patent Office upheld a Qualcomm patent dealing with coverage and capacity technology to improve indoor reception and another for an audible feedback feature that allows users to monitor fax transmissions. Qualcomm amended Toshiba's existing CDMA subscriber unit license pact to grant Toshiba a license to develop, make and sell subscriber units for all modes of third-generation CDMA standard, including cdma2000 and W-CDMA. Toshiba will pay Qualcomm a "multi-million dollar" license fee and royalties on the sale of CDMA equipment. Before the amendment, Toshiba's CDMA license only covered cdmaOne applications. Company Web sites: www.qualcomm.com; www.toshiba.co.jp -Cressida Connolly; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400