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

To: Qgent who wrote (56597)	11/3/2006 1:47:03 AM
From: matherandlowell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197557

"Off come the gloves and it's a uppercut to Nokia's strategy." Yes, QCOM has now resorted to a "knee to groin, boot to face" tactic with Nokia and the lawyers seem to be enjoying the prospect of the judicial challenges with the same relish they might reserve for a bar fight. The statement that QCOM doesn't actually use any of Nokia's IC IP still brings a smile to my face now, several hours after I first read about it. j.

To: Qgent who wrote (56597)	11/3/2006 7:50:10 PM
From: rkral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197557

"We have never believed that Nokia's patents are applicable to our products. As you probably know, our current rates for Nokia are royalty-free. So there has been never any tacit acknowledgment of their applicability to our products." -- Lou Lupin during F06Q4 Earnings CC The lawyer Lou Lupin probably used "tacit" in the legal sense. According to answers.com ... tacit, adj. -- 2.b. Law. Arising by operation of the law rather than through direct expression. What the heck does that mean?