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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (72728)	12/28/2007 12:17:28 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 196656

Just for fun, QUALCOMM should sell short $1 billion of Nokia shares, and tell the news media. Pay the amount received to shareholders as a special dividend. Nokia likes playing games. I do too. Mqurice

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (72728)	12/28/2007 10:07:53 AM
From: JGoren	Respond to of 196656

You jump to the conclusion that the provision terminating the license agreements is enforceable. The licensee could argue that with respect to essential patents under FRAND, it would not be enforceable because the patent holder must license. Alternatively, the Supreme Court decision could be so amorphous that additional litigation could be brought to declare contracts unenforceable. The decision could generate tons of new litigation. But, the termination provision is probably positive, since litigation should provide a negative incentive to litigation, since it might result in little benefit to a potential plaintiff licensee unless it can get all or most of the patents exhausted and have no fee to pay.