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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 (72848)	1/1/2008 9:43:01 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 196660

how would splitting the company play into the anti "patent troll"bent of evolving case law and statutory reform, as well as the "practicing the art" requirement? There is no doubt that getting injunctions for QTL would be harder though I dont think any of the decisions handed down thus far would actually negate QTL eventually collecting royalties. OTOH, what would be the point of Broadcom going after QCT? They could do so, but how much better a deal would they get than a royalty free cross license? QCT would be like any of a half dozen other chipset suppliers that manage to work out royalty agreements on their own. The silence from HQ is most unusual and disturbing. You can bet the big guns are flocking home from Aspen and the islands to decide how tactical their atomic response must be. This raises the level of anxiety, and the requirement for previously unimagined action, to the highest level. Unfortunately, I have my doubts on whether PJ has the stones to make this decision. It wouldnt be easy for anybody, but it has to be substantially harder to split up the company your father worked so hard to build. I think it may be time to get somebody in place that can take an unemotional look at the situation. This isnt entirely PJ's fault, but in the end, he is the one that has to take the responsibility. Slacker