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

To: Dash of Reality who wrote (61117)	3/19/2007 11:24:20 AM
From: BDAZZ	Respond to of 197009

>>By publicly stating they no longer believe Qualcomm's patents to be enforceable, which is a substantial change in their previous statements, they are justifying no longer paying royalties to Qualcomm.<< This might make sense if Nokia renewed, but it's not up to Nokia to begin taking the property simply because they decided it now belonged to everyone. The courts have to decide this first.

To: Dash of Reality who wrote (61117)	3/20/2007 5:48:14 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 197009

Filing such a court case is hardly proof of belief. It's more proof of manipulation and dishonesty. <By publicly stating they no longer believe Qualcomm's patents to be enforceable, which is a substantial change in their previous statements, they are justifying no longer paying royalties to Qualcomm. > Do they really think that? What a pack of slimeball hagfish liars. Apart from the proximity of the deadline, what caused the change in thinking? It is odd that they were negotiating a licence if they thought the patents had expired. Edit... I see Ericy pointed out that some 1980s and 1990s patents have expired. True enough, but beside the point. It doesn't mean all the other patents which Nokia is using have expired. QCOM's licence doesn't sell them individually. Mqurice