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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (28805)	11/12/2002 7:35:03 PM
From: iggyl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197017

>>EU OK To Patent Pact Gives Boost To 3G Equipment Makers<< Is this releases implying that regulators view a consortium trying to define the limit for royalties to <5% and determining the value of contributors individual patents, as being an unfair practice and anti-competitive, if the consortium is too dominant, i.e., includes the dominant manufacturers? Does this effect the breadth and effectiveness of the consortium in controlling IPR revenue. If not, a consortium of this sort, strong arming companies to limit the value of their IPR, certainly seems like it would be anti-competitive.