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To: Jim Mullens who wrote (145289)	10/2/2006 10:45:21 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Inasmuch as the Q is the virtually the only mfg of CDMA EV-DO baseband chipsets with NOK throwing in the towel, an ITC decision banning those Q’s chipsets is tantamount to barring all EV-DO “downstream products” ( I would think) . Exactly, while barring Nokia's handsets would be a blow to the carriers, there are substitutes easily available. Of course, the judge might decide that 1xrtt products are a substitute for DO products so carriers wont see a huge effect. Also, since very few handsets are manufactured in this country (does Kyocera still produce in SD?), a judgment to bar the chipsets but not downstream products might not have any effect on Qualcomm. I doubt that the judge would consider that a desirable result if Q is infringing. I recall previous discussions on these boards suggesting that an injunction banning products is currently a very remote probability. That is only true for prelimanary injunctions in patent cases in the federal courts. This case is before the ITC and injunctions are the only remedy available to the judge. They are very likely, we just dont know how broad they might be. Slacker