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

To: matherandlowell who wrote (56601)	11/3/2006 7:46:45 AM
From: hedgefund	Respond to of 197563

Everyone loves a fight until they take the first punch. I only agree with Qualcomm's strategy to fight because it was a decision forced on them. Resolving business issues through litigation results in a near total loss of control; it should always be a disfavored course.

To: matherandlowell who wrote (56601)	11/3/2006 8:00:27 AM
From: Qgent	Respond to of 197563

It sounds like Qualcomm said "All In" to me. Nokia will have to prove to the patent courts that Qcom has infringed their CDMA patents, which QCOM just said they have never acknowledged. While at the same time they are bound to license us their WCDMA IPR on the same frandly terms they are collecting from everywhere else without discriminating against us. Is this to good to be true? What am I missing? A possible injunction down the road must haunt Nokia at nights. Nokia's only wild card left is the EU, who has no legs and must stall this out in my opinion. "ALL IN" Qgent