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

To: limtex who wrote (62376)	4/10/2007 10:47:23 PM
From: bdog	Respond to of 196977

<<Can Q issue proceedings against all the vendors of infringing handsets? Can it send out warning notices? Is it helpful? Just a thought.>> Great question to the right person. FWIW, I would think they would want to be wary of pissing off all those folks. Maybe I'm just a big chicken but I'd prefer "warning notices" that were more carrot than stick. You have to wonder if QCOM should/could be making a more active case to that constituency? Cheers, bd

To: limtex who wrote (62376)	4/10/2007 10:51:09 PM
From: JGoren	Respond to of 196977

Qcom could go to the ITC. Qcom could file suit. There are probably lots of proceedings that could be brought. I don't think taking action against the carriers is very wise, unless they are carriers outside the United States that would never deal with Qcom. According to BMO Capital Markets, the carriers have been putting pressure on NOK. Why attack potential "allies"? Furthermore, NOK could simply counterattack against cdma carriers, and the whole industry would go into further turmoil. It's a zero sum game imho.