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To: carranza2 who wrote (75511)	3/15/2008 12:15:19 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 197218

or does it mean that the fees for the fundamental patents have been fully paid per contract, nothing more is owed, and therefore the license is about the terms for the following patents as the fundamental ones can be used for free? This is definitely what Nokia is implying/stating with respect to the "early patents". They didnt give the patent numbers but I believe that they listed the five core inventions that are attributed to Q (like soft handoff) and stated that the early patents are "paid up" prior to expiration. Nokia is clearly claiming that as one of the terms of the expired contract and I have yet to hear Q deny this. Patent exhaustion is an entirely separate issue and doesnt really come into play with respect to this particular topic. Slacker