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To: Jim Mullens who wrote (54624)	8/17/2006 1:29:22 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 196462

Hypothetical scenario... 1) Nokia believes that they are NOT infringing Q's IP in either WCDMA or GSM. However, they think that there is a 10-20% chance that some crazy judge in SD may rule against them. Who knows, maybe the judge has a son-in-law who became rich on Qualcomm stock....or maybe one of the guys in his golf foursome has the initials IJ <g>. 2) Nokia wants the courts to define FRAND just in case that crazy judge in SD decides against them. It is obvious that it is in the best interests for them to do so since any kind of patent counting system would obviously benefit them. What do they do from a legal strategy? Do they wait to see if they lose the patent cases and then file the case in Delaware? That would leave them in legal limbo for at least a year. Obviously, they file ahead of time....just in case. Nokia will never acknowledge Q's IPR in GSM. It would be absolute suicide for them to do so. JMO, but if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Slacker

To: Jim Mullens who wrote (54624)	8/17/2006 2:34:12 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196462

Nokia (NYSE: NOK ) announced today that it has filed a complaint against Qualcomm with the Delaware Court of Chancery in the U.S. Nokia is asking the Court to order Qualcomm to abide by its written contractual obligations to international standards setting organizations to license intellectual property essential to GSM and UMTS technology standards on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. It is possible to interpret the above PR excerpt as saying that Qualcomm has a general FRAND agreement that covers any and all essential patents applicable to either GSM or UMTS. That would not be a concession that such essential patents exist. IMO, without an "its" in front of "intellectual property," there's room for interpretation either way.