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To: ggamer who wrote (60698)	3/2/2007 4:15:59 PM
From: jackmore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197002

How many companies have agreed to pay royalties to Nokia for their WCDMA IP?

To: ggamer who wrote (60698)	3/2/2007 4:20:04 PM
From: JeffreyHF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197002

Re: Nokia getting royalties PJ has made the point that Nokia has had little success in licensing their patents for 3G. With their voting power on standards committees, they had the ability to get some of their IPR included, in areas where other viable technological alternatives existed, and could have been readily chosen. Qualcomm`s strength lies where comparable inventions were lacking,other approaches were unfeasible, and/or where major problems were otherwise insoluable. Thus the "patent counting" new order proposed by Nokia, versus the "patent quality" method of valuation that has been traditionally employed. Follow the licenses (i.e. the money), negotiated between sophisticated corporations, and you will arrive at the essence of Qualcomm`s superior position.

To: ggamer who wrote (60698)	3/2/2007 5:38:00 PM
From: limtex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197002

GG - NOK does not need Q if their strategy is roughly what I outlined in the earlier post. They caryy on just as before and when Q tries to get injunctive relief it is faced in court with NOK saying that:- 1. Although NOK signed a license for W-CDMA a few years ago the position has now changedas MOK has developed a work-around of Q's patents and 2. That since NOK signed the original WCDMA license with the Q there have been developments of the IPR including that of NOK itself and that Q's share of the totality of the IPR involved in W-CDMA has been drastically reduced. What is a judge going to do when faced with NOK appearing loaded with a list of prominent experts? My guess is he will not give injunctive relief. Q needs injunctive relief and if it is simply not available then they are into a trial and as we know NOK's legal team should be given the Nobel Prize in delaying tactics. So in short if Q can't get injunctive relief then it has simply lost the fight. Maybe they can get it against others but with NOK invovled it will be like getting hold of a piece of wet soap covered in glycerine and topped off with olive oil. Best, L