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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 (62038)	4/5/2007 12:30:15 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 197028

NOK seems to have declared that it has decided not to pay for a world wide license as QCOM has not filed for and obtained all its patents in all countries world wide. I doubt that QCOM will be interested in selling anything other than a worldwide license. This would include places like Africa which have a primative legal system. So is QCOM saying, "If you cash our check, you agree to our terms". It seems risky to accept payment for a license that doesn't exist -- which has neither been defined or contracted. I suppose this PR is intended to demonstrate that NOK agrees that it owes QCOM something -- possibly mitigate any tendancies for courts to award QCOM damages.