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To: pyslent who wrote (76301)4/15/2008 5:08:08 AM
From: Maurice Winn  Respond to of 196977
 
I don't think so: <Doesn't Qualcomm's FRAND offer stay on the table indefinitely? I saw nothing in Qualcomm's response that suggested they would, or even could, revoke that offer. >

Offers are only good until accepted, they expire, or are withdrawn.

If Qualcomm hasn't given Nokia a time for acceptance, then the offer can be canceled any time and another offer made if there really is a FRAND obligation, and no offer made if there isn't really a FRAND obligation because it's an anti-competitive price-fixing cartel concept which is not the way technical bodies who arrange standards should conduct themselves.

ETSI stitched everyone up with the GSM Guild's cartel and extorquerationate royalties, and have tried to do the same with W-CDMA whle robbing Qualcomm of their patent rights.

Mqurice



To: pyslent who wrote (76301)4/15/2008 5:14:54 PM
From: JGoren  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 196977
 
That is the problem with FRAND. While supposedly preventing patent holdup, it actually has enabled Nokia to negotiate in bad faith with the belief that it can continue to demand that it has a right to a FRANDly license no matter how bad its conduct might be. Its second fallback position is, until the end of December, extend the licensing agreement and claim no harm, no foul. The Law of Unintended Consequences is alive and well.


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