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

To: JeffreyHF who wrote (72813)	12/31/2007 9:50:26 PM
From: BoonDoggler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196851

I am trying to understand how the U.S. patent system allows 12 jurist, half of whom perhaps could not sync an iPod, make technical judgments that most engineers would have a difficult time with, decisions which severely impinge on two major carriers' ability to provide new technology to the country.

To: JeffreyHF who wrote (72813)	12/31/2007 10:16:02 PM
From: Jim Mullens	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196851

Jeff, re: BRCM v QCOM Santa Ana Case- It appears that QCOM can continue to sell legacy EV-DO chips thru Jan 31, 2009 by paying BRCM a healthy royalty on those chipset sales. And, QCOM is enjoined from infringing until expiration of those three patents. I recall that those patents were purchased from Intermic, being originally patented by Norand in the mid 1990’s. Any idea when those three patents expire?? >>>>>>>>>>>> snips Broadcom's U.S. Patent No. 6,847,686 Under the terms of the injunction, Qualcomm is prohibited from making, using, selling, offering for sale, and importing so-called third generation (3G) WCDMA and EV-DO chips in its "Enhanced Multimedia" and "Convergence" platforms, and from developing new WCDMA and EV-DO chips that use Broadcom's patented video processing chip architecture. Sales of infringing WCDMA chips and new infringing EV-DO chips are enjoined outright, effective immediately. Provided that Qualcomm pays Broadcom a royalty of 6% of all revenues Qualcomm received and receives for sales of infringing EV-DO chips occurring after May 29, 2007, Qualcomm may continue to sell infringing legacy EV-DO chips to legacy customers of those products during the period between May 29, 2007 and January 31, 2009 only. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> broadcom.com. “….permanently enjoined from infringing or inducing the infringement claim 3 of U.S. Patent No. 6,847,686 (“‘686 Patent”), until the expiration of the patent,..”

To: JeffreyHF who wrote (72813)	1/1/2008 4:19:25 AM
From: BoonDoggler	Respond to of 196851

As I understand it, it temporarily (hopefully) prevents Q from carrying out it's WCDMA chipset business within the U.S. How many WCDMA chips has Q sold in the U.S. ? What percentage of Q's estimated WCDMA chip sales for FY2008 were estimated to be U.S. sales? If AT&T and/or T-Mobile cannot sell a phone with Q's WCDMA chip in it, does that mean the phone does not get sold? If the phone does get sold, doesn't Q still get the royalty on it? I'm not trying to spin here, just trying to understand the facts. destroys Qualcomm's ability to promote and carry out its WCDMA business Happy New Year, all. BD

To: JeffreyHF who wrote (72813)	1/1/2008 4:52:41 AM
From: anandnvi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196851

Luckily the market is closed tomorrow. Otherwise, we would see a blood bath :)