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


To: limtex who wrote (61455)3/26/2007 1:29:41 PM
From: JGoren  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197255
 
"if its that vital then why wasn't/ isn't a huge R&D resource put on a workaround? And if Q doesn't have as good engineers as BRCM, which seems to be the case in this area then go and negotiate a FRAND license?"

BRCM didn't invent the power saving feature; the patent was bought in a bundle of stuff for $24 million. I haven't seen anything indicating that the software is part of any standard, so FRAND may not apply.