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

To: BDAZZ who wrote (61629)	3/28/2007 6:56:29 PM
From: bdog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197348

>>So they could lock in the same rate if their planned infringement strategy went badly for them<< Actual infringment seems unlikely. The threat of same is probably just a negotiating ploy. Their customers and shareholders are unlikely to forgive the industry disruption and trebled damages that would be incurred. <<We've seen legal gaffs here by QCOM in the recent months, but none would even approach the stupidity of giving Nokia a year and a half free ride to reek all kinds of infringement havoc on the company and shareholders without fear of consequences because QCOM granted them a get out of jail free card.>> How is it a get out of jail free card? And if they were going to actually infringe, why would they need the extension option? I think that their insistence on the extension option was a foreshadowing of the fact that they knew they would be bluffing with a weak hand at the next contract negotiation. How does Q suffer if they opt for the extension?