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

To: data_rox who wrote (61342)	3/22/2007 6:35:35 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 197227

If the court found that the patents were valid and that QCOM did not deceive the PTO, does that mean companies other than BRCM would infringe the patent if they used the same video compression technology? If so, this is not a big deal, monetarily at least. Art

To: data_rox who wrote (61342)	3/22/2007 6:36:24 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 197227

Lag time ... << QCOM's PR >> And soon it'll be on their site. Good cheese story elsewhere ... <g> - Eric -

To: data_rox who wrote (61342)	3/22/2007 9:21:40 PM
From: matherandlowell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197227

"Federal Judge Rules QUALCOMM's Conduct Before U.S. Patent Office Lawful But Finds QUALCOMM Did Not Meet Unwritten IPR Disclosure Expectations of Standard Setting Group" Seems to me that this could have been much worse. Rudi threw the Q a very large bone by determining that the conduct before the PTO was lawful. That is huge. The finding that Q had an obligation to obey an unwritten "rule" will certainly be appealed. QCOM's patents are valid. I'm not sure this will turn into a complete failure. QCOM will keep appealing this until the emotion and hype are boiled away and we are left with the law. What law requires adherence to unwritten expectations? The appeals will go on and on and the WCDMA market will grow and grow. Sad that BRCM won't have a license. Maybe they will make a whole bunch of money on their patent which saves power when cell phones are out of network. j.