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

To: pyslent who wrote (76327)	4/15/2008 7:24:02 PM
From: peterk	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 196957

On the contrary, Qual has been very close to the vest in stating whether or not they are infringing essential patents. Does Nokia have a contract with Qual regarding their IPR? If so what are the terms and does Q have the ability to renew if the contract has expired. In other words it's not clear that they would need any Nokia IPR for the manufacture of chipsets. On the other hand Nokia has publicly stated they need Q's IPR(on FRAND basis). In addition if Qual wanted too they could sue for patent infringement right now. My earlier point being that whether the contract exists or not Nokia is clearly infringing where there is uncertainty regarding Q . The risks in my opinion are far greater for Nokia in terms of financial liability.