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

To: waitwatchwander who wrote (68231)	8/27/2007 10:37:24 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 197457

doesn't seem to garner much attention Should read much public attention. I'm sure the major parties in these disputes are aware of the expiration dates of key QCOM patents. That explains in part the stalling tactics taken by Nokia to avoid paying royalties. But in the intellectual property business, it only takes one patent. Even with older patents about to expire, what about newer ones? The only fly in the ointment here is the possibility that under the new interpretation of the Supreme Court (the KSR case, again), some of these newer patents could be declared "obvious" and thus invalid. And if the BRCM power management decision holds up on appeal, it will also set a precedent that magnifies the value of any single QCOM patent that is used, say, by Nokia along with 600 or whatever number Nokia patents are claimed in a given device. Put another way, the ratio of QCOM patents to other patents in future devices may decline but does not justify free gifts. Art