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

To: JGoren who wrote (58740)	1/17/2007 6:40:28 PM
From: jackmore	Respond to of 197214

Aside from the particulars of the law, or the legal maneuverings, it does seem that BRCM hired bigger gunslingers than Q did. Not possible to tell at this point if it matters, but it doesn't "feel" very good. A Q loss will be a PR boost for BRCM. A Q win will get little play, given the miniscule damages claimed. And how realistic is any hope for an injunction?

To: JGoren who wrote (58740)	1/17/2007 9:16:09 PM
From: voop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197214

what do you estimate the legal fees to be for this case?

To: JGoren who wrote (58740)	1/18/2007 2:11:24 AM
From: A.J. Mullen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197214

Qcom needed to respond with an affirmative claim against Broadcom in order to raise the stakes to Broadcom. The stakes weren't raised by much, although preparing for the case must have been a nuisance to Broadcom's engineers - and Qcom's! Even accepting that patents must be defended or lost, I'm questioning the energy we thread participants have expended on the Broadcom case. Someone (at least) stated that Broadcom was a sideshow. I didn't realise how much of a sideshow. I don't accept the argument that winning or losing is important PR. Few know what technology (CDMA, GSM, or whatever) is used in their phone. This isn't to denigrate your efforts, or those of Carranza and others, in explaining legal points to the rest of us. I'm grateful to have had several issues explained, and the value of the Nokia case will be much more than $8 million. Ashley