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To: rkral who wrote (62114)	4/6/2007 2:00:11 AM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197051

So the Nokian position is that "we don't owe you anything for the use of your paid up IP but we'll continue to pay you what we think is a fair price." But if it's a "fair price" then they've conceded that they owe something. And if they owe something, then logically the IP can not be paid up. Doesn't ANY payment invalidate their position? So how is this a master stroke?

To: rkral who wrote (62114)	4/7/2007 12:44:24 AM
From: voop	Respond to of 197051

you are correct sir in that the title of the press release does state Nokia paid up for rights to QCOM patents after April 9. Interestingly the body of the press release makes no such claim. "Nokia announced today that it has paid Qualcomm USD 20 million for patent licenses covering the second quarter 2007" The second quarter was valid through April 9 or so previous statements alluded. While you may be correct in trying to capture Nokia's actual intentions (who knows for sure?), I was pointing out that they have twisted themselves past the point of a pretzel and thought that I would try to make my spin engaging. You gotta admit its hard to rationalize how paying more for "paid up licenses" on a patent portfolio that has not expired jives with some arbitrary amount concocted by the purchaser now being kosher if they are in fact paid up. Or something like that.