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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (4990)	11/27/2000 9:03:12 PM
From: A.J. Mullen	Respond to of 196485

I re-read my post and realise the one-sentence paragraph is incomprehensible. I should have said: I don't see this as a down-side, but it suggests the upside is less than some might imagine. It also creates fertile grounds for distracting lawsuits.

To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (4990)	11/27/2000 11:03:02 PM
From: nbfm	Respond to of 196485

"Qcom's IPR grants them a % of the ex-factory price of any device using CDMA. Does this apply to this phone - the whole thing?" Good question! During the last CC, this very question was posed to Dr. J. The answer (not yet understood by analysts): Q receives its royalty based upon the sales price of the device. But, somehow I dont think that is the entire answer. What if the phone can be separated from the rest of the device? Dont' know the answer to that one. Nor to this question: what if a CDMA chip is located in a car which uses the chip to communicate to the shop so the owner can be notified of potential problems; does the royalty get calculated on the price of the car?