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To: engineer who wrote (75678)3/20/2008 9:55:23 PM
From: Stock Farmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197214
 
split up into 100 companies, charge each one 1%, send each company off with a war chest of $200M for legal fees and see how FRANDLY that one is.

You're serious? Really?... I can think of a better thing to do with $20B in cash than finance 100 stables of lawyers.

For example, whilst less emotionally fulfilling, wouldn't it be better to silence NOK with a 1 B$ discount on their royalty rate (disguised as Qualcomm's view of the tremendous value of Nokia's patents) and spend the other 19 B$ on R&D???

I don't know about you, but I could dream up a ton of patents for 19 B$!



To: engineer who wrote (75678)3/21/2008 2:50:12 AM
From: pyslent  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197214
 
This meets all of Nokia's arguemtn head on, keeps FRAND (as defined by BRCM), and also meets the needs of Qualcomm.

Broadcom's patent license to VZ has nothing to do with FRAND.


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