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

To: rkral who wrote (62335)	4/10/2007 2:37:05 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196961

If the option had also expired yesterday I would agree, but it didn't. So if Nokia exercises as late as the first payment due date following license expiry, there would be absolutely no difference to Qualcomm's receivables. Well, this is just my WAG, but I dont think that the accounting standard would be the determining factor here. A patent gives the right to exclude other manufacturers from using your invention and as of today, Nokia has no right to Q's patents. I just dont think that the timing of payments is relevant. If Nokia and Qualcomm had a royalty-free cross-license that just expired (with a similar option), on what day could Qualcomm sue? I think the answer would be today as well. Slacker