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

To: ggamer who wrote (75469)	3/13/2008 6:22:31 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197233

then QCOM should be able to charge 6% royalty just like BRCM has been able to charge for a couple of their stupid patents. Broadcom was able to charge 6% because they were under no obligation to license that particular patent whatsoever. They could have charged Mq's 160% if they desired. It is likely that Qualcomm has similar "non-essential" patents that Nokia (and others) need. But Broadcom's "going rate" would not apply to Qualcomm's patents that we are aware of that are essential to various standards.