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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (75648)3/20/2008 4:36:15 PM
From: BoonDoggler  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 197281
 
Why would it be non-discriminatory for Qualcomm to take this stance?:

Nokia can obtain license to all our patents for 5% bundled, or 150% cumulatively if all bought separately. So can Samsung, LG and anybody else.

yes, "volume discounts" are "reasonable".

They are not, however, non-discriminatory.



To: Stock Farmer who wrote (75648)3/20/2008 7:18:25 PM
From: alee  Respond to of 197281
 
Maybe Qualcomm should pull out 100 lesser, but essential, patents and say they are worth 0.5% each. Then tell Nokia, go ahead and contest all of these patents and run up some huge legal fees without ever getting to the highly valued patents.

And having a higher price for the individual components is very defendable. You can buy a car for $20k, but if you try to buy all of the parts and build it yourself, it might cost you $100K.

alee


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