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To: slacker711 who wrote (48564)	11/8/2005 7:10:24 PM
From: jprincess	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197207

slacker you are very smart, but wouldnt a bite be a better deterant than just a bark? QCOM should go after Nokia where it matters most to them, obviously to Nokia its ALWAYS been about $, and not paying any $ to QCOM. If QCOM doesnt enforce all of their patents, then why enforce some of them? As a shareholder who paid R &D $ to QCOM, shouldnt we expect that QCOM enforce these patents?

To: slacker711 who wrote (48564)	11/8/2005 8:05:41 PM
From: BDAZZ	Respond to of 197207

>>This lawsuit isnt about GSM royalties but about keeping the current CDMA royalties and as a warning to those who are participating in the complaint with the EU.<< This makes the most sense. IE there are a lot of grey areas in the wireless IPR world still unexplored. The lesson here may be as Jeffrey said. It is a Pandora box better left unopened.

To: slacker711 who wrote (48564)	11/8/2005 8:37:15 PM
From: alanrs	Respond to of 197207

My general take on all this legal ho ha is that Nokia has publicly acknowledged that QCOM is the gorilla, and can only be contained by questionable political means. Qcom in turn has said "Damn straight we're the gorilla, and in your face!" I see it as all good for Qcom. About time. ARS

To: slacker711 who wrote (48564)	11/8/2005 8:46:00 PM
From: jprincess	Respond to of 197207

fair enough. Im not an engineer, so I dont see how the real world works. I guess patenting stuff is not useful, unless you choose to enforce it, in which case, QCOM isnt interested in enforcing all of its patents. But then, is it a tacit agreement if they dont enforce some, then why enforce a few, and can the others argue that QCOM likes to share, for the GOOD of the community and the advancement of telecommunications as a whole.? and since they agree to accept ZERO royalties for some of its snaptrack, then they agree to accept zero also to MOTo who is currently using snaptrack ip. enough from me tonight.

To: slacker711 who wrote (48564)	11/8/2005 9:23:33 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197207

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