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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (97485)4/15/2001 11:30:42 AM
From: slacker711  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
Patent expiration explanation from Gregg Powers posted over on Yahoo....I cant vouch for the correctness but as Q's largest shareholder for multiple years, it has to be assumed that a pretty thorough patent review was done to support this statement.

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For the edification of others on the thread, QCOM's initial patents begin expiring around 2010; however, the license agreements are evergreen, i.e. as long as Qualcomm continues to receive patents germane to CDMA, and this IPR is incorporated in product designs, the royalty period is extended. So, the answer is: royalties have a minimum life of eleven years and a maximum life of forever.

Slacker



To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (97485)4/15/2001 12:49:40 PM
From: foundation  Respond to of 152472
 
"...when will QCOM's most valuable patents expire?..."

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Which do you consider most valuable?

Perhaps you would be better served to not obsess on the older essential IP for the cdma mobile radio interface and instead open your eyes to far more current essential QCOM high data rate IP presently being integrated into both cdma2000 and UMTS standards as I write this post.

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