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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (144373)	8/16/2006 11:49:29 AM
From: pheilman_	Respond to of 152472

Nokia is merely confused about the meaning of usufruct.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (144373)	8/16/2006 12:24:40 PM
From: rkral	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

re: "They hold their meetings and come up with weirdo standards - GSM GPRS EDGE W-CDMA, and QCOM is supposed to know what's going on and is supposed to be bound by agreements in which they didn't participate." It's quite easy to see that Qualcomm -- by way of 3GPP members from Qualcomm Europe -- had participant(s) at the first and the most recent meetings of the 3GPP GERAN project group. I'd be suprised if a Qualcomm representative wasn't at every one of the other 28 meetings. 3gpp.org Of course, that says nothing about their role or their technical judgment relative to Qualcomm IPR. P.S. Inter alia, EDGE came into being via the GERAN project

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (144373)	8/16/2006 12:45:55 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Court should be fun!--Maurice, it's very likely these issues will never get to court because of the consequences for the loser(s). On the other hand, one should not second guess a court, especially the courts at the federal level, whose judges are, more often than not, simply political hacks without the ability or the incentive to rule impartially. Who knows? A judge might be inclined to make a ruling favoring whatever policies are enjoyed by the likes of Texas Instruments. This also adds to uncertainties for both sides, making an out of court settlement the most likely prospect. I'd look for a settlement late in October or early November, especially if the ITC rules on the QCOM-BRCM matter in favor of QCOM. This is in reference to the 50-day extension announced by the FTC judge, bringing the decision day to October 10. Art