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


To: peterk who wrote (53281)7/6/2006 6:08:09 PM
From: BDAZZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197015
 
>>Would there be this concerted attack on the Q if the patents were expiring in the near term?<<

No, and QCOM itself has a duty to inform shareholders of any near term expiring patents pertinent to income.



To: peterk who wrote (53281)7/6/2006 6:08:48 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197015
 
Would there be this concerted attack on the Q if the patents were expiring in the near term?

No, but Nokia's WCDMA license expires 4/07, and it is laying the groundwork for getting a better deal.