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To: manalagi who wrote (145073)	9/26/2006 12:08:45 PM
From: matherandlowell	Respond to of 152472

Since you are close to the company, perhaps you could tell me if QCOM's involvement in IEEE mandates that the company disclose patents applicable to standards like the WiMax standard. The European body, as everyone who reads this thread knows, requires that participating companies disclose whatever patents they have which might be applicable to a standard under development. We've all just heard about QCOM IP going into the GSM EDGE standard without QCOM licensing the IP and this is the basis for the lawsuit with Nokia, etc. etc. But my question is whether the IEEE has some similar rule and if they do, has QCOM taken an official position as to whether its IP is used in the WiMax standard. Do you know? Does anyone else? j.