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

To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (67852)	8/17/2007 2:57:34 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 197253

I believe that NOK is in a worse position having agreed to a contract with an option to extend. How can they rationalize signing an agreement with said option and then when it comes time to exercise claim that they are all paid up. I believe that by including the option language they admitted that they would continue to need a license from Q. The $20 million was a further acknowledgement. Nokia's position is that we have the right to continue using QCOM IPR while we negotiate a new rate. Seems like a weak position. It seems to me that the arbitrator would be creating a contract provision that didnt previously exist (the fact that continued shipment means that Nokia exercized the option). Of course, everybody should take my opinon on this with a very large grain of salt....I know very little about the law and even less about arbitration. Slacker