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To: Stan who wrote (61540)	3/27/2007 3:19:37 AM
From: Raglanroadie	Respond to of 197680

Why not announce that given our enhanced patent and engineering prowess since the early days all new and lapsed licenses will be subject to a 7% rate effective 06/30/07? Long term relationships would be encouraged and new entrants would have to succeed on their competitive wits until they too qualified for the long term royalty option. Valuable cross licenses would be granted an immediate long term status. This is all about revenue sharing and Q is the one that can extract it so everybody else wants some pie. NOK can claim all they want about their patents but who is it that is getting the value. It is not as if there is some finite patent revenue source out there somewhere. Economic growth is not some scarce resource to be gobbled up by competitors. It is my opinion that those who start arguments with over the the top accusations are usually the ones guilty of doing what they accuse others of doing.

To: Stan who wrote (61540)	3/27/2007 12:40:50 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197680

<Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp. are engaging in a high-stakes game of chicken, and Nokia's chief financial officer says his company is not about to blink. > ... or think. That should be fun. The immovable meets the irresistible. Nokia can pay a LOT less royalty. <"We won't pay more," Mr. Simonson said in an interview Monday. "We expect to pay less." > When they go back to making gumboots, they'll be paying no royalties at all to QUALCOMM. Perhaps that will make them happier. I wonder what they'll do with their GSM and other patents. Perhaps they'll sell them because they won't be collecting much from their cross licences and other sources. QCOM could buy their patents from them then everyone will be happy. There are plenty of companies which will be thrilled if Nokia ditches QCOM intellectual property so a big chunk of market share will be up for grabs. Mqurice